this is news coming to you live from berlin the fight between israel and hamas militants intensifying. israeli airstrikes buildings in gaza and hamas fires hundreds of rockets. warns of the risk of full scale war also coming up the german captain meets to discuss strict cuts to ground missions but does the new plan have enough muscle to impress voters worried about climate change. music returns to london in

a big night for female artists at the 2021 war will check out all the glitz and glamour of britain's premier music awards show. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us. we begin in the middle east where both israeli forces and palestinian militants have stepped up their attacks in the worst fighting seen in years the u.n. now warning of the risk of full scale war and here's a look at the intensity of the violence then entire tower block flattened by israeli airstrikes in gaza at least 35 people have been killed there and israel says hamas has fired more than a 1000 rockets since monday killing at least 5 israelis the u.n. security council is set to hold an urgent meeting. on wednesday over the unrest.

was. sirens filled the night sky over television. from the rooftops terrified residents watched the missiles descend on their city. israel's famed dome defense system overwhelmed by the sheer number of rockets launched by hamas from gaza. israel's prime minister pledged revenge i am a must judge islamist hamas and islamic jihad have paid and i tell you they will pay a very heavy price for their aggression and i say here tonight their blood be on their heads. israeli airstrikes have been pounding gaza here a building housing hamas officials is felled by israeli bombs neither side is willing to back down. but if israel wants to escalate we're ready for it and if it

wants the stuff we're also ready if they want to remove their hand over jerusalem we're ready. despite israel sophisticated defenses hamas is primitive missiles are more than a mere nuisance they've taken lives and destroyed property but israeli airstrikes have extracted a much heavier toll on gaza's population. and the final goodbye as these relatives bury their loved ones the u.s. has taken the lead in calling for a peaceful resolution to the crisis we are deeply concerned about the escalation between israel and those launching rockets from gaza and we call for restraints and for call israel has the right to defend itself to respond to rocket attacks but people also have the right to safety and security. but in such a tense situation the right to safety and security for all sides remains an elusive

goal. let's cross straight over to our jerusalem correspondent kramer to tell us more about those israeli airstrikes in gaza and the rocket attacks on israel what's been happening there. well les the scene in the report it has been definitely a very difficult night for the residents in gaza but also for the israeli residents and you know. attacks now as the has been a very tense and. from the israeli military overnight and especially also in the early morning hours on gaza 3 understand the 2. residential high rise buildings in gaza are targeted but also many institutional buildings like police stations in gaza were damaged or destroyed the destruction there is still assessed according to local sources in gaza at the same time we've seen since last night. and by hamas

and islamic jihad by launching rockets towards the center. israel including a tell everything. according to the israeli army over 80001000 rockets have been launched to israel and the army says they have targeted over 500 sites in the past day in the huff of these hostilities but of course those numbers are changing by the minute. tony there's also growing tension between arab israelis and jews all the ground in israel how serious is the. well that's right a veggie a lot of protests in the past week in mixed cities especially towns and arab israeli. communities over the issues related to east jerusalem they meet the pending at the action off the palestinian families and the scene there

which in east jerusalem but the particular focus right now is on the city of loot but we see in a lot of finance between some members of the our community and israeli police and also between residents off. to 2 communities living in the city and that has been fueled by the shooting of a young man on monday night from the community by a jewish best and president the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu has now declared this city in a state of the merchant sea and has ordered reinforcements in the city to restore calm as he sent ok well with all that happening the u.n. as we mentioned is warning of a full scale war could break out what efforts are being made to prevent. well we have heard a lot of statements now also by the united nations and international community

calling for the de escalation it is unclear at the moment whether you know both sides have an interest now at this particular time to deescalate what happens using what you've seen in previous found at least behind the scenes mediation efforts usually going on between brokered by actors like egypt qatar and the united nations and others trying to mediate between the militant factions in gaza and israel but at the moment you know it's not clear whether this is happening and what kind of political maneuvering what space is staring to end those facilities at that particular point now in time. turn your thank you that was the w's turn your kramer in jerusalem. now for some of the other stories making headlines around the world today hundreds of mourners have been paying tribute to the victims of

a school shooting in the russian city of cazan makeshift monument was set up outside the school where a gunman killed 7 children and 2 staff members on tuesday president vladimir putin has ordered a review of the nation's gun control law. the deaths the death toll from 2 weeks of protests in colombia has risen to 42 the country's human rights says most deaths are due to excessive use of force by the police colombia's president even do k. has visited the city of kali site of the most violent clash. the german cabinet is due to agree on more ambitious targets for lowering greenhouse gas emissions this follows a court ruling that said a $29000.00 climate protection law did not go far enough just going to michael's ruling conservatives are under pressure to some muscle to their climate policy they're facing an election year challenge from the green party and the environment

is a deciding factor for many voters. it is the young who have shouted the loudest lately about a looming climate desire start earlier this year the german constitutional court ruled in a case brought mainly by young people that the government is not moving fast enough waiting until 2030 to impose tough burdens on polluters the court said violates the right to a clean environment and the young would be worst affected because they will live with more of the consequences the government knew it had to make changes. we've agreed that we have to act faster as our basic laws says you can't just have freedoms for the present generations you have to think about the freedoms for the generations to come. to build the government is now introducing brings forward the target date for climate neutrality by 5 years by 2045 transport industry and agriculture it is hoped will in effect no longer in meat in the

greenhouse gases and the road to that goal of greening the german economy has been mapped out more precisely 2 by 2030 emissions or to fall by 65 percent compared with 99010 percent more ambitious than under the current plan will it be enough to stay on track in the coming years campaigners are not yet convinced we have. 2045 but now it's really time to. because we don't have. the new plan and should mean the pace of climate action will speed up noticeably sooner some poorer people here will end up paying the price if environmental taxes are increased. but for now younger generations are demanding climate justice and politicians have been forced to listen. more on this i'm joined by bill you get to

know she's the head of the market or research institute on global climate commons and climate change at think tank here in berlin thanks for joining us dr cannot 1st of all how significant is this ruling by germany's highest court that is forcing the government to pursue more ambitious climate action yeah good morning so this is certainly a landmark decision by germany's high court and definitely and we can not fully see the consequences now but i mean the immediate consequences not of the german cabin that will implement or will decide on new targets stricter targets for 2030 this is the 1st. place and then. also talk of for 2040 and the. 2045 so this has an immediate effect of what they hide or say and the

government's response to what the court said does it is the government going far enough with the changes it's planning to make. well i mean on the one hand these are really ambitious targets i mean greenhouse gas not talented by thank you 45 this is a mission is also that 24 to 2030 targets are in a good direction. and it is in line with what the european union decided on a pro so. the e.u. has a stick to talk of. and if you have been that down to germany what does it mean for germany to end up with the met with the numbers that are now in the bill given but the important point is really that county we do not even reach our current targets with it applied to policy measures so we really have to be much more ambitious on the policy side more measures additional measures but also for example increasing

the copper price we have for the transport of the heating sector ok so you say these these targets are ambitious but still more has to be done well having to switch gears though and become carbon neutral faster will disrupt industry and the labor market germany's business lobby and labor unions are up in arms are there concerns being properly addressed. well i would not say that this will do this disrupt german industry because it's also not but you know t. for example to provide green steel and really to invent new technologies being common mutual and this is a pathway germany and also the whole e.u. should follow and also what i said would come pricing it's not the case that this is always bad for the poor population because if you put a price on carbon you get revenues as as

a government and you can redistribute the revenues and then germany there's a big debate how to redistribute the revenues in a way that is fair for especially the poorer households who might be most affected and that well there are ways to do that and i think this is an important part. for social and just transition towards the toilet. decarbonising the energy sector is key to cutting emissions using nuclear energy would make that transition much easier but germany is shutting its nuclear power plants down is that not misguided in light of the climate emergency in the legal obligation to address it. well that's a long same thing debate in germany and i would say this debate is really over because the decision has been taken. many years ago and that that debate is more or less over in germany we are now debating how to phase out coal and this is the most important part and how to ramp up the new builds at the same time so this

is where we lag some kind of speak so phasing out coal for example by other european emission trading system that might work but then also to speed up the increase and. deployment of renewable energy so this is more the debates we have and generally we get to clean up head of the market or research institute on global commons in climate change thank you very much. in other news spain's cabinet has approved a labor law that gives food delivery companies a mid august deadline to hire workers who now freelance for them it's the 1st law of its kind in europe that aims to extend labor protections to bike and workers but some courier associations protested the law saying it will lead to layoffs. the european union's foreign affairs representative says north macedonia meets the conditions to start talks to join the e.u.

use the boro spoke meeting north macedonia's prime minister in brussels praised his efforts to align the country's foreign and security policies with e.u. member states. italy's national rail service is planning to extend a so-called free connection between rome. to board a train passengers have to arrive 45 minutes before departure with a negative test result or take one on site managers say bookings are rising. you're watching news still to come for the day the next b.t.s. we meet hopefuls giving it their all for a shot at global stardom. but 1st 4000 people no masks no social distancing it seems unthinkable but london made it happen the 41st brit awards became the 1st major indoor music event with

a live audience in the u.k. capital an over a year the ceremony was part of a government program looking at bringing cultural events back with out pandemic restrictions. search could sound so that 2021 brit awards music triumphantly returned to the big stage after the coronavirus hiatus and then have an audience of mostly essential workers. year's nominees prove they still know how it's done. deal after being slammed for snubbing female artists in 202050 years brit sound women dominate all major categories the pop trio little mix made history becoming the 1st all female band to take home the award for best british group.

it's not easy being a female in the u.k. pop industry we've seen the wow my dominance sexism and lack of diversity will probably start to give out to the city of town to surround ourselves with strong women and now using our voices more than ever to hit the big winner of the night with solo artists dualie 2 awards and the dream come true. thanks so much except in the same mood in 2018 i said that i want to see more women on these stages and. feels. 3 years later when seeing that happen and it really is such an honor to be a part of this wave of women and music britain's biggest celebration as musical achievements culminated with a performance honoring front line workers when the national health service choir joined dragon bone marrow and a larger than life on screen pay. after

a year most people would like to forget the brits were able to stage a show memorable for all the right reasons. of course but show it show some pills covering the story for a show it a live audience with 4000 people know in the middle of the prime to make a was done safely. well as i'm sure you can imagine it was in shortly before about 4000 strong crowd packed into a london stadium while tested. the coronavirus they had to show a negative test of positive this trial that's happening not just with this big music event but also all stadiums at a club in one city they will be tracked afterwards just to check whether or not in

future events like this can go ahead now the brits awards usually the biggest 'd music event in the british pop calendar every year where the ladies like so many big events it's you due to the corona virus it was able to take place as part of this trial and so many people who have since spoken out about attending all fit to sleep a things who it's about their excitement and even so there you are watching at home it felt like a real landmark moment in the u.k. finds against the coronavirus and here the artist themselves are also talking about how thrilling it wants to be back on stage with a live audience so long they like so many artists around the world has been unable to form in these light music venues due to coronavirus extraction frustrations and this really was a very thrilling moment and of course the current virus of the pandemic was sent to

stage during these awards among those 4000 people who attended as we heard in the report there was some 2500 he was called here in the u.k. frontline were kids this awards ceremony in on them ok well let's hope that those turn out to have been a super spreader event let's move on to the warts themselves female artists winning the british board for a change what does that tell us. why were previously the birth awards has received criticism that is nominations have been skewed in favor of met not so this time a lot of female nominees i'm a lot of female when it's just good to run you through a few of them a massive us artists heinous which she became the 1st female winner of the global icon award organizers said that it recognized her immense impact on music and of course billie i should show you had all when the she got best in national female

office and i was doing before he did not report that she walked away with 2 wars injuring her acceptance speech as she essentially called out that scene big themes of the awards this year 1st of all recognizing that she felt extremely proud of the number of female human office that what represented during this music hall she said it's something that should cool down from the posturing her acceptance speech is that women need to be more represented and she was pleased that this time it seemed like there had been progress then on the covert 19 pandemic as she dedicated one of her awards to a front line workers who are nothing in fact to all the work that she and all the front line workers have done this year but she also made a very political call directly to the british prime minister boris johnson saying that the gratitude that frontline workers isn't matched by is that the respect that they're given and demanded that they receive the pay rise. charlotte pill thank you

so much. now it started with 30 teenagers then came sounds of hours of training and dozens of shattered dreams for those who made the cut it all comes to a head this week when the all male septet the blitzers are launched into the cutthroat k. paul market with the goal of becoming global superstars but the journey to get this far has been grueling. 3 years of intense training distilled into just 3 minutes of music and dancing this will determine whether the blitz is there a hit or just another no where band. go there she toyed around 8 pm we would start our dance practice and there's no time limit on it we would practice into the early hours of the morning. these boys give it their all it's an endless

cycle of singing lessons promotional shoots gym workouts and dance practice their weight is monitored and their sleep in bunk beds in a shared a soul house is limited to around 5 hours a night the empty beds a reminder of those who didn't survive the rigorous testing process. no matter how much time i spent with the other trainees i always found it hard to see them dismissed even though i hadn't done anything wrong i felt a sense of guilt every time i had to say goodbye. no time for hard feelings though because a lot of money is riding on their debut album the blitz as well put together by a young soul management agency and it is betting its existence on their success the potential returns a huge but the odds are stacked against them and the k.

pop industry is a tough one it's been described as a factory like mass production system but the blitzes believe they've got what it takes to be the next b.t.s. . or in my opinion i think we're good enough to perform like we're always ready. but you're already ready they're ready. this week. if they really are. mounting commercial and political pressure has forced the german football association president to resign this comes after a marathon meeting of an ethics committee 2 weeks after he compared one of his colleagues to a nazi war criminal. once again germany's football federation. finds itself in a state of disrepair its president. after he compared one of his deputies.

to the nazi judge and war criminal. made the remarks in april but the pressure on him grew and grew. be ethics investigation. of. and it did to go as such remarks are completely unacceptable and have left us stunned we condemn them in the strongest possible to the shift the foot were tired the irony is that callow was appointed to clean up the federation the man to turn things around after a series of corruption scandals. which is the what we have to be so transparent so that at some point he becomes boring to talk about us that's a gold doesn't so it's obscene but cannot fall foul of a power struggle at the top of the d.s.p. with his general secretary free to skirt c s the old guard seemingly not ready for

callas vision for change leaving germany football federation in need of yet they never mention. it watching g.w. news live from up next chinese artist ai weiwei discusses his experience with censorship that's in our documentary close up i'm terry martin thanks for watching .

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