player. playing. this is c w news live from berlin violence escalates dramatically between israel and the palestinians israel and hamas militants exchange heavy fire with dozens killed in gaza and missile damage in jerusalem the conflict heats up after weeks of contrast at a contested holy site. also coming up several children and a teacher have been killed at a high school and a prayer shooting in russia at least one teenage gunman was involved and exhaustion

and fear in india over cope with 19 the deadly h o says that the outbreak is a cause for global concern a study showing 2 variables there spreads more easily clucks china census reveals a drop in birth rate rather than the expected davey's boom years after it's dropped one that it's one child policy to wipe any child whose parents have to saw that that one child is still better than to. play. welcome to the program. countries worldwide have appealed for calm following deadly for tally atory attacks between israel and palestinians israel has launched fresh air strikes on tuesday against targets in gaza and hamas has fired dozens of rockets toward israel authorities in israel say that 15 militants were killed in

air strikes it carried out overnight while gaza health officials say 24 palestinians died couldn't children the escalation in violence follows days of clashes in east jerusalem. oh. a father kisses his son one last time the 11 year old boy was killed after israel launched retaliatory strikes on gaza. officials there say 9 children died in the attack. of that the writers you kill him they kill and there is no one to make an answer for the whole world is watching it doesn't matter if it's a child or a woman there is no one to hold them accountable. hours before militants fired a barrage of rockets from the palestinian enclave. the cross border attacks which began on monday mark

a major escalation in violence. israel's prime minister warned that the fighting could continue for some time. but we are in a fight on several fronts jerusalem gaza and elsewhere in this country this evening on jerusalem day the terrorist organizations in gaza have crossed a red line and attacked us with missiles in the outskirts of jerusalem inboard we were for. the catalyst for the violence was israel's plans to evict a number of palestinian families from east jerusalem to make room for jewish settlers. the jerusalem's al aksa mosque compound a secret site to both muslims and jews has also been at the center of attention in recent weeks. the international community

has repeated its calls for deescalation. and for more let's bring in shanti rosana steve reporter shani i mean the situation has escalated quite quickly from street skirmishes to rocket attacks air strikes now a human toll what's expected in the coming hours the coming days it's a great question nobody knows we do know for a fact the israeli military chief of staff have announced he's preparing for a wide ground operation we have been 5000 israeli reserve troops that have been called for duty that's a sign that israel is not going to retreat or deescalate anytime soon we know that we do also need to keep in mind on thursday we have in one of the most important days in holidays fast the end of the moment on fast as it's a celebration for muslims they very much in gaza would like to have this round of fighting done by then it seems like is the road is not going to collaborate with

that has no interest in making things toned down by thursday and if we have any doubt about that we also hear in the last an hour that the egyptians have turned to israel in offering to be the mediator between israel and palestinians and it was rejected by the israelis who are claiming we still need to do more work in gaza before we can retreat before we can deescalate so i don't think we see any changes coming in next year or 2 to say the least a very sober assessment there shaunie tell us. about the timing you behind this flare up in violence why is this happening right now. well you know this is this is a common known unfortunately between israeli and palestinians but actually if you look at each scene separately israel and in gaza hamas we see each one have their own political internal incentives we see in israel a prime minister netanyahu wounded hurt at the end of his career trying to find for

another another term in office while opposition has been seem to be gaining momentum in the last week and for him to be the strong defender of israel in this timing it's a great deal of support getting a lot of support pushing himself forward maybe making it again galvanizing forces behind him and staying in the prime minister prime minister's office that's on the israeli side if you look at the palestinians we see that hamas following the cancellation of the elections that were supposed to be taking place they need to cement their legacy and their ability to be the new rulers of the palestinian people both in gaza and in the west bank and this is what they're doing they're connecting this all started with jerusalem and they're connecting themselves as the defenders of jews of land any fights happening in jerusalem we can march from gaza we will defend to the palestinians we are going to be the leaders of the palestinians in a day post mahmoud abbas the aging leader that can stall the election and seem to

be and refusing to clear the scene but hamas is not waiting for him to go they are making steps on the ground to galvanize support of the west bank which is traditionally a fanta area for them themselves so in a way both sides are actually playing to each other's hands by keeping this conflict alive if the timing which is very sensitive to what is the international community's role here because the u.s. and they have called on all sides to deescalate tells us briefly. well we know from past ground like that and we know too many of these that this is the only way to actually bring some sort of ceasefire israel will try to get its some what we would call you know they would they would say they want to punish hamas for their initiative and it will only be stopped when with a strong strong international pressure it's not there yet we know from the past

that it has is really just 3 to 4 days of free hand operating in gaza before being really stopped firmly by the americans europeans and so on one tiny thing we need to keep in mind this time israel netanyahu himself has had in the last year beaking peace agreements with arab nations we need to see what they choose to do this time because this puts him in a very tricky position because everything connected to palestinians of course sensitive but especially of this timing at the end of ramadan. thank you. at least 7 children have been killed and many more wounded after a shooting at a school in russia local authorities say that a lone gunmen opened fire in a school in the city of cazan the city is the capital of the muslim majority region of tatarstan authorities say that a suspect has been arrested the motive for the attack is not get clear. and for

more let's bring in correspondent emily short one who has been following all the developments for us from moscow emily what more do we know at this hour. well we know that 8 people so far have died as a result of this attack and over 20 people are injured some of them in quite bad condition according to media reports the dead are pupils and one teacher the attacker has been arrested and seems to be currently in questioning the area itself around the school has been sealed off by officers of the national guard and there are ambulances working on site emergency services as well and the russian minister of education and also of health are now on their way. along with additional medical equipment additional doctors and psychologists who

will help with dealing with the aftermath of this attack the president of the republic of tatarstan where this attack took place has made an emotional statement and has also declared that tomorrow will be a day of mourning in the republic and do we know anything more about why this happened you know who perpetrated this attack. we don't know too much about the motives yet this is an ongoing investigation of course in this case pretty quickly we saw the interior ministry announce that there was a counter terrorism operation going on and the president of to arrest on even called the perpetrator a 19 year old male a terrorist but it doesn't seem that there were a kind of any religious motives going on there in this muslim majority republic at

all at the moment it seems that perhaps there may have been personal motives the 19 year old who perpetrated this attack was apparently expelled from a vocational college that he was studying at just this year and he actually according to media reports at least studied at the school that he attacks today before that so there may have been personal motives but we haven't had official confirmation of that yet how common are school shootings in russia. they are very rare especially when it comes to attacks with firearms so actual shootings that has happened once in moscow in 2014 and one time in 2018 in courage which is actually crimea so internationally recognized as ukraine but under russian jurisdiction and school attacks have taken place a handful of times with but usually with other weapons with knives or hammers

because it's really hard to get your hands on a gun here in russia there are strict gun laws and actually today in response to this shooting president vladimir putin has announced that those laws will be getting even stricter to prevent anything like what we happen what we saw happening today happening again in the future when in moscow thank you. let's get you up to speed with some other stories making news a road in a rail bridge stretching over more than 900 meters over these embezzling river between botswana and zambia has been inaugurated it marks the completion of a multi-million dollar project aimed at easing congestion at border crossings throughout the southern african for h.n. . in the anwar dozens of demonstrators have protested in a pop up march in the city of young gone protesters have recently been gathering in much smaller groups after brutal crackdowns by the military junta who seized power

in a coup some 100 days ago. britain's point elizabeth the 2nd has carried out her 1st major public engagement since the death of her husband prince philip as she opened a new session of parliament this year ceremony was pared back because of the pandemic with the queen wearing a day dress instead of her usual robes and crown. of the world health organization says that the corona virus variant 1st identified in india last year has been classified as one of global concern some initial study shows that it spreads more easily it comes as india's 7 day average of new cases have a record high on tuesday of over $390000.00 experts say that the actual numbers of infections and deaths could be much higher the government is facing growing calls for an nationwide lockdown. all those dealing with the dead say that india's approach to distributing vaccines and oxygen has failed. and now the

kovac 19 victim brought to an already overcrowded crime editorial and the city of bengaluru soaring case rates have now spread the city to impose a lockdown. police in some areas of beating those violating the strict rules and seizing their vehicles. very very all believe it. will be in the system and the rule then it is the ball settled. for now bengaluru is markets and stores are closed christian love will there are many people here but they don't maintain social distancing after providing some relief to the poor there's nothing wrong with a lockdown. vaccinations are happening slowly in a country desperate to bring infections under control we're going to put it on the

. people who are facing so many problems they're sitting on a powder keg they can easily get infected unless an alternative is found like distributing vaccines in more places like community halls or playgrounds. there's no country wide policy in place critics say the government has acted katie responsibility by leaving facts in nations to individual states that's resulted in a scramble impinge on province people crowding a vaccination center put themselves and others at risk. we had to call the police to maintain social distancing but to no avail people are not listening to us at all and we have been telling them continuously since morning to maintain distancing medical workers have mounted protests against the government's handling of the coronavirus and the indian medical association has called on the government to

impose a lockdown across the country. for weeks now states of being competing for scarce resources including oxygen. they've been left to the messy of the market leading to more anger and frustration with the government in delhi. and here are some other developments in the pandemic in france cafes bars restaurants they will be allowed to reopen their outdoor areas to customers beginning on may 19th germany's interior minister horse the whole affair has tested positive for the corona virus his office says the 71 year old is showing no symptoms and china plans to draw a separation line atop mount everest to prevent the coronavirus being spread by climbers ascending the paul's side of the mountain. you're watching news jill to come on the program for the unemployed photographer who discovered

a new muse during the pandemic. but 1st china's population is growing at its lowest pace in decades that's according to the latest census data out today and the baby bust could have enormous implications for the country's future there are currently 1400000000 people living in china that's almost 5 and a half percent more than a decade ago but what has worried many in beijing the birth rate remains weak and the population is getting older so the number of chinese citizens between 15 and 59 has dropped by 7 percent while the number of people over 60 continues to rise potential parents responsible for this demographic shift say many pressures make them hesitant to have big families. chen chen is 7 months pregnant and like many other women living here in shanghai having a baby has been a big decision. the only thing that is useful for us to have a child we needed

a certain financial foundation before we could consider it now my financial resources there were enough to support a baby as for a 2nd i have to see if i have the energy. to meet with you. according to china's latest census its population has grown by 72000000 since 2010. that may sound a lot but it's the slowest birth rate for decades. in the late 1970 s. a one child policy was introduced to stop a population explosion it works so well that in 2015 it was replaced with a 2 child limit. but not everyone is happy with that decision. that are all the other a mother of 2 children although i followed the call of our country to give birth to a 2nd child i actually regret this decision a finance is

a good but the biggest problem is that no one can help us with our children there are. many now expect beijing to change the rules again in order to encourage more women to give birth but china also has another headache it's facing a decline in its working age population as the country gets older. version of the market the aging process is obviously quickened from 2010 to $20.00 the total population of people over 60 has increased by 5.4 percent. china is still the most populous country in the world but it's slowing rate of population growth is raising fears of a demographic time bomb in the future. about this with journalist fabienne catch levels joining us now from beijing and what are the political and

the economic implications of this aging society. well i would call the demographic transition by far the biggest threat to china's economic rise of course all the developed nations to taste the similar problem shrinking labor force millions and millions of people who are reaching retirement age but china is still developing on a relatively low level just to give you an idea what the average chinese to reach and income comparable to tibet in spain the g.d.p. has to multiply by 2.6 or 2.7 so the concern is that china might get old before it has reached a certain stage of wealth and that is of course concerning for seats in king's dream also a moderately wealthy society so how are they hoping to turn the demographic challenge around. well i mean the biggest step was lifting the trick pony and one child policy there was happening 5 years ago but actually now many families don't

want more than one child mostly because the cost of housing and the cost of education has really increased rapidly and also the s a big change in value was but also the chinese government is actually not betting on migration here on the 850000 foreign us living that's 0 point one percent of the population actually less than that but the government is spending on the technological development they want you know automation to increase they want intelligence to increase and by that they want to counter the shrinking gave us force but of course this will be not enough talk with us a little bit more about the political implications because i mean you you mentioned she's a persian ping's vision for china so where does all of this fit into that. i mean if you think this through then of course the demographic crisis threatens the legitimacy of the communist party because the. rule that they have the space to

keep based on the economy crisis and if the economic crisis slowing down it will eventually slow down then up costing lives legitimacy is on threat but it will not happen very soon because many other factors off the democratic development are developing in a good site for example the education rate is getting high and also that the station right is still increasing a lot and those are all sectors which push the predictive it's off to work this journalist in beijing thank you. and here are some other stories from around the world u.s. t.v. network n.b.c. says that it won't be broadcasting next year's golden globe ceremony the decision following complaints about alleged ethical lapses and a lack of diversity at the hollywood foreign press association which hands out the t.v. and the film awards. u.s. officials have authorized the biotech pfizer coated 1000 vaccine for use of

children from the age of 12 to 15 previously regulators had only allowed its use for those aged 16 and above officials hope that giving jobs to younger children will boost the u.s. vaccination program which has slowed in recent weeks. well one of the most enduring and visible symbols of the pandemic has undoubtedly been the face mask in germany people have been wearing them for at least a year they are required to work at many places and one photographer put out of work by the pandemic decided to turn this mask into his muse. further. it all started a year ago when model and photographer marcel gregory shuck had no work and a lot of free time. in the cold.

war and on his machine as i sat down and said i'll just try something how do i look with a mask on what do people see right now when they see me with a mask. that. he then travelled across germany photographing people with and behind their masks his photo book behind the mask collects a broad variety of types and characters it shows people in the midst of crisis from all social classes and experiencing various emotional states. the viewer is confronted by their expressively intense gazes. moment how this is right now or facial expressions are reduced to just the eyes that's why it was important that the eyes really shine and with these 2 rad lights

you have very brilliant eyes reflecting these lights then when you blow up the images you really feel like you can look into people's souls just a few thoughts come to mind on that mention in his initial. in front of stocks camera people are candid revealing their state of mind whether they're famous or not. the. actor due to how the fog box is against the pandemic actor ben becker in a monkey costume wrestles with being human. and viral. just ahead of the crash take regrets that the fronts are increasingly hard. for a violinist the pandemic is like a dramatic pause. and a geriatric nurse shares his insight that experience makes you smarter than knowing facts from are such talk these encounters were a lifeline during the pandemic. the book is about hope and grief

about struggle exhaustion and confidence the photographer is not concerned with the politics of germany's coronavirus response he simply paints a picture of life at the moment of the pandemic reaches those for me this is a cross-section of our society a reflection of what it looks like on our streets that's also the intention behind this book to show people that they're not alone it was nice to live. a quick reminder of our top stories the un has expressed deep concern over the escalation of violence between israel and palestinians israel and hamas militants have traded heavy fire for a 2nd day the missile exchange comes after weeks of clashes over disputes in east jerusalem. at least 7 children and one teacher have been killed in a shooting at a school in russia several others i want it at least one suspect has been arrested

the motive for the attack in the southwestern city of is on is not yet clear. up next close up with the exiled chinese artist ai wei wei a struggle for the truth in his own country i'm sorry kelly and our land is for watching take care.

after. china as a new world power way way tries to help us understand what's happening now in the authoritarian countries the flow so much information what are the exiled artists thoughts about the role of independent thinkers. what would an open dialogue look like. a way of struggle for truth close up. next couple you.

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dancing up and for breaking. the law for little stars on the big stage. kids stunts most of them take on. the world is in flux and china's rule is increasingly important but in our current order getting reliable information from inside the country is difficult. call them on that. what exactly is happening in china and how should we deal with the country's growing influence we put these questions to acclaimed artist and activist i went away once a prisoner in china and now living in exile. here so many human rights

lawyers disappear. every months i read here where ozzy. that's west's really should ask her. the battle for china's future role in the world that is currently being fought in hong kong by thousands of young people. during his grip as titan tears in the beginning of the pandemic and there's no sign of that changing so is china open to a dialogue. if there's anyone who knows how to deal with china and what's at stake in hong kong with its chinese artist ai wei wei. his critical artwork often got him in trouble with the chinese authorities and after a period of detainment he eventually left the country in 2015 ok well what.

i i think i. can go back but i believe no i want america to come out. my way documents everything and shares his wife and work with more than half a 1000000 followers on instagram we arranged a corona safe meeting with him in cambridge england and asked him how we should interpret the information we are getting from china. the entire now where often information is not very clear. and not only to the west but that to their own citizens to trans people internet is censored and state propaganda machine is purely. tells the parties. am i do you think china has handled the

outbreak. after the beginning there they have agreed has set it in. country the information is in the very essential task for the party so they don't see the information objective but to realize there is or who are hurt or benefit the party. i am way way has been making confrontational artwork and documentary films for almost 40 years as a place. in mexico. highway studio in beijing was a free zone in the city for many years but in 2011 he was arrested and imprisoned for 81 days since the corona virus outbreak he has been analyzing the information from more han the city where the doctors who 1st reported the danger of the new virus were silenced they delayed us for clear record because they stopped the

doctors to talk about it they they questioned them. in the police station asked them to confound and made a agreement not to talk about this and you more sold that period of time. disease. big advantage to the spirit i'm sure it's not their intention i'm sure they miscalculate to the situation i'm sure they don't think of the rugrats. you know great deal what happened is hard in the whole world also argue that deeply but you know communist party they will never meet this kind. mystic you know never. there are people. he meets this kind of mistake.

so the information we receive from china's official channels is limited and often to be taken with a grain or 2 of song in who hunt however a small group of citizen journalists have gone in search of the truth. they share facts figures and images with the world via social media. talking to. you how do you ship you got to be so sure of. course out in utah. have you followed the citizen journalism reporting from yes there are a few. they did the reporting. a small group of citizen journalists became active in the early days of the pandemic and were hung since once again the government was releasing so little information

they took matters into their own hands and at their peril went looking for the facts. that the hope. among them was the young lawyer chance. to. push it to. well.

there are all the. use of being. around. some of these. now people started pointed fingers but almost no government in the world completely have the transparency. if you see what happened to.

snowden. you can see us will be the same. but different levels. because in the west you have journalism you have a different party you have freedom of speech so it's march difficult and costly for western government to make a life but that doesn't mean they don't want to make up my all the power or want to make i. was a phone being. what is your for. survival. if it was a good song to survive also let us look at. all . human being but that we have no rights and i'll never. never have a chance to speak out because self citizens anyway. that was all me was.

i was always up so that. she. be far simpler he was a businessman. those people audience of people they are not and take columnist they are not trying to stop or are so full of state power. we made concerned about the fact they want to tell the truth. to choice of the news of the. world in which you call them a form of. being impossible. to show your good.

she. says of the bridge. with. some of my this all out. with you know he was your mother the one. you saw how do. you know how you got. what you call those. rules all over the most. good your heart lowered your. toes and you're going to make. it doesn't mean that. you will find you soon the true that no one is on top. of.

you think. you're going. to be put in jail and disappear nobody know where they are i'm. it's a very very. strange one the west demand the information now we'll see we are very transparent you know all the information but don't tell where where the. individual. you know there are so many human rights lawyers disappearing every month so every year we're adding. that's where some really should go ask. the nobody asked the ticket person letter no more situation. that is bad because that does send a clear signal to try. the understand that the west doesn't really care. so long as those those activists are still present.

there's no independent judicial system the can arrest anybody who can make anybody disappear make me disappear or disappear 81 days it's no lawyer my family doesn't know where i don't know where i was being put here of block off and driving the wrong and you know very secret location a military base. what struck me is that the you were trying to dial even in detainment how do you see that i'm crazy guy in dialogue i love dialogue. conversation as long as there is a response i i think. i'm dealing with a human being who military goes. lights up like this and sitting up to see like this and the report to them if i want to go to

a pastoral or washing hands you know ira step every more so it's good training for me. to say the word we're sorry to tell you why you gold your son but never recognizing you. that is at his home where hard to hear you know because she was. yes for. i i make me feel very sorry. i know. they don't believe what is they're saying they're doing their job. you know i feel pretty positive you know why they have to do that. and if you think of your father yes that's the woman dyson cup of her she was in

jail for years and then he acts out for 20 years. i grew up with him i know how he you functioned that helps me a lot. in sr he's same exact same province now and they put that we were seeing these kinds of ridiculous. he tried to commit suicide several times. but he still has a tough man he has been going through all those small stiff and cold situation lot where you saw the physical punishment and who really you saw but he's some 5 ft i around him very much. to go while i was in there was in that was or the other was on tour i. did also some the other look at why i'm there we're going to do one kind of wanted to ensure that. you know it

wasn't a very good knowledge you know how you doing this and here is yours i don't know if you're the one. who got a lot of you know none of that you or. me you know sure do you all. the same as you do all. the citizen journalists in china have received little support from the west so far. i hope that. if you ask modern citizens probably 80 percent are very such as fire there is a calmness a party.