this is news coming to you live from berlin the fight between israel and hamas militants intensifying. israeli air strikes in gaza and hamas rains down rockets israel warns the risk of a full scale war coming up the german cabinet meets to discuss greenhouse gas emissions but does the new plan have enough muscle to impress worries about climate change. and after months of mounting pressure the head of the german football

association is. comparing his. war criminal. and screaming fans with music that allow. live music returns to london at the 2021 british war. those masculist. 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. israeli airstrikes in gaza have killed

at least 35 people and israel says hamas has fired more than a 1000 rockets since monday killing at least 5 israelis. that cycle of violence the world seems our lives to stop israel stepped up its attacks on gaza at dawn the densely populated city shaken as the bombs fell. and prime minister benjamin netanyahu warns this may only be the beginning. hamas and islamic jihad have paid and i tell you they will pay a very heavy price for their aggression i say here tonight their blood be on their heads. in tel aviv palestinian militants overwhelmed israel's defense system with a barrage of rockets israel has been targeting hamas leadership in gaza but the

palestinian islam ists say they too are ready for conflict. but almost if israel wants to escalate we're ready for it and if it wants to stall for also ready if they want to remove their hand over jerusalem we're ready. violence also broke out between israeli arabs and jews in israel. a state of emergency has been declared in ludd and ever protesters clashed with israeli police and. it's the worst violence since 2014 and there are fears it could become a full scale war world powers now pleading for both sides to put down their weapons . we are deeply concerned about the escalation between israel and those launching rockets from gaza and we call for restraint and for calm. but now both sides are counting their dead. and hoping for victory.

our jerusalem correspondent tonya kramer is following this turn you give us a sense of the scale of these attacks being carried out on both sides. well i can tell you what residents in gaza have been describing they said it was a very extensive and intensive air campaign an album bottom and by the israeli military on the gaza strip and day half unfortunately a lot of preferences to have been as 3 wars in the past decade and number and several. times of hostilities between hamas and other militant factions and and israel so what is also and usually i think is the way this whole round of hostilities started to you know on monday night and within sort of ultimatum by hamas and then launching rockets 2 was true selema and then we've seen also

a high number of rockets being launched from gaza apparently trying to overwhelm the israeli defense system of the iron dome and also early on of course targeting the center of israel and cities like televisions but the big question i think for all of you now involved is how to get out of this cycle off hostilities. the tensions tanya between israeli arabs and jews are also boiling over all the ground what's fueling that is this whole 'd part of the same problem. well i think there are 7 many reasons for that but it has been described at one of the worst violence or conflict an internal conflict within israel and you could maybe describe it as an outburst of anger frustration among many and the hearts of the our israeli community our israeli palestinian community many

young people there i related to underlying. reasons like you know the feeling of neglect the collector and discrimination but also relate it to recent events in the country i've talked to several young people that came down from high school or from nasa rest taking part in protests in east jerusalem of protesting against a pending addictions of a full palestinian families in favor of a jewish settler organization in east jerusalem and that goes to the heart and to the core actually of the conflict but which is now of course you know it to focus now is now on the hostilities between hamas and israel and a lot of people. as we heard tony the un's special coordinator for the middle east says there is a danger of a full scale war what's being done diplomatically to escalate this conflict.

well it's not clear at the moment what is going on but from previous rounds of hostilities to understand there are medication there where at the time mitigation efforts for example by egypt the united nations possibly qatar and other countries trying to deescalate the situation and trying to mediate between the militant factions in gaza and israel at the moment it's unclear you know whether there is just room for political maneuvering. whether you know. it's going on in that sense and whether it's. sometime soon to any kind of. tony thank you so much that was our jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer. now for some other news headlines making news making headlines around the world

today the death toll from 2 weeks of protests in colombia has risen to 42 the country's human rights ombudsman says most deaths are due to excessive use of force by the police colombia's president. as visited the city of kali which is the site for the most violent clashes. a man accused of killing 8 people in the u.s. city of atlanta georgia has been indicted on murder charges 22 year old faces the death penalty if convicted is accused of going on a shooting spree in 3 massage parlors in march of this year 6 of the victims were asian women. a road and rail bridge stretching more than 900 meters over the zombies a 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 region. german.

targets for lowering greenhouse gas emissions this follows a court ruling that said a 2019 climate protection law did not go far enough chance of. pressure to. climate policy they're facing an election year challenge from the green party. is a deciding factor for many voters. who have shouted the loudest lately about a looming climate design 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 fast as a basic law says you can't just have freedoms for the present generations you have

to think about the freedoms for the generations to come. the bill the government is now introducing brings for with the target date for climate neutrality by 5 years by 2045 transport industry and agriculture it is hoped will in effect no longer inmate 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 at a full 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 seen. propelled to another level if you will. but now it's really time to underlay this also. because. the new

plan and should mean the pace of climate action will speed up noticeably ciena some worry poor people here will end up paying the price if environmental taxes are increased. but for now younger germans are demanding climate justice and politicians have been forced to listen. to hundreds of mourners paying tribute to the victims of a school shooting in the russian. a makeshift monument was. where a gunman killed 7 children and 2 members of staff on tuesday it tucker is thought to be a former student of the school president. has ordered a review of the nation's gun control law. students in their black and white uniforms flee across the school grounds away from the chaos inside a gunman entered the school early in the day and began shooting several explosions were heard some students were seen leaping from 3rd floor windows to escape.

ambulances amassed to treat the many wounded and ferry them to hospital. some have penetrating wounds stab wounds there are people with muscular skeletal injuries as well. security forces swarmed to the school within an hour seizing the gunmen alive he's been named as a 19 year old who had announced his intention to kill on social media though his motive is unknown the. family. members gathered at the school bracing themselves for terrible news of those who were killed most were only 8th grade students as well as one teacher the regional leader has declared a day of mourning. this is a great tragedy for our republic for our entire country and we deeply regret that

this is happened this way that. school shootings are rare in russia where gun laws are tight the government has ordered a review of firearm regulations meanwhile the city of cazan grieves and waits for answers as. 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 is the 1st in europe and aims to extend labor protections to bike and scooter delivery workers but some courier associations protested the law saying it will lead to layoffs. european union's foreign affairs representative says north estonia meets the conditions to start talks to join the e.u. josep spoke after meeting at north macedonia as prime ministers already in brussels or else 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 and. 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. fast you're watching news still to come. the next b.t.s. we meet the. giving it their all for a shot at. the 1st 4000 people no masks no. social distancing it seems unthinkable but london made it happen the 41st bristol awards became the 1st major indoor music about it with a live audience in the u.k. capital and over a year the ceremony was part of a government program looking at bringing cultural events with pandemic restrictions . research could sound so good

that 2021 brit awards are music triumphantly returned to the big stage after the coronavirus hiatus and in front of an audience of mostly essential workers this year's nominees proved they still know how it's done. being slammed for snubbing female artists in 2020 this year's brits song women dominated all major categories the pop trio little mix made history becoming the 1st all female that 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 of the sexism i'm not the type that city we're proud of that would stop talking about sitting down 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 do well lead to awards and the dream come true. thanks so much excepting the so in 2018 i said that i want to see more women on these stages and i feel so proud. 3 years later we're seeing it happen and it really is such an honor to be a part of this wave of women in music britain's biggest celebration as musical achievements culminated with the performances. honoring front line workers when the national health service choir joined rag and bone man and a larger than life on screen paint. after a year most people would like to forget the brits were able to stage a show memorable for all the right reasons. our

correspondent charlotte chosen pills covering the story for a show it a live audience with 4000 people no masks in the middle of a perm demick how was that 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 in a concert of this trial that's happening not just with this big music event but also football stadiums at a club in one city they we 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 of the late like so many big events it's huge huge to the coronavirus it was able to take place as part of this trial and

so many people who have since spoken out about attending off to sleep a thing talked about their excitement and even so there you are watching at home felt like a real landmark moment in the u.k. fight against the current of virus and here the artists themselves also talking about how thrilling it was so you back on stage with a live audience are just so long they like so many artists around the world has been unable to perform in these light music venues due to coronavirus extraction frustrations and this really was a very thrilling moment and of course the coronavirus so 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. front line were kids this award ceremony in on

a bet ok well let's hope that those turn out to have been a super spreader event let's move on to the awards themselves female artists winning the british board for a change what does that tell us. why were previously the burst awards has received criticism that is nominations have been skewed in favor of men not so this time a lot of female nominees and a lot of female when it's just good to run you through a few of them massive us artists taylor swift 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 sure i'm sure you've heard all when they should go international female artists and i was doing the for he did not report that she walked away with 2 wards and during her acceptance speeches she essentially called out that scene big themes of the awards this year 1st of all over recognizing that

she felt extremely proud of the number of female of human office that were represented during this music hall she said it's something that she called out in the past year in her acceptance speeches that women need to be more represented and she was pleased that this time it seemed like there had been progress then on the cobra's 19 pandemic as she dedicated one of her awards to a front line work at school and learned even in thanks to all the work that she and other 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 from mine workers isn't matched by was that the respect that they're given and demanded that they receive the pay rise. charlotte bill thank you so much. well sticking with paul it started with 30 teenagers then came thousands 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 ok paul market with the goal of becoming global superstars but the journey to get those 4 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 nowhere band. go there see the tories either 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 shed a sole house is limited to around 5 hours the night the empty beds are

a mind of those who didn't survive the rigorous testing process. matter how much time i spend 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 the debut album the bliss is will put together by a young soul management agency and it is betting its existence on that 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 there the there were already. this week's album launch will prove if they really are. melting commercial and political pressure has forced the german football association president fit for its color to resign this comes after a marathon meeting of an ethics committee 2 weeks after he compared one of his colleagues to an infamous nazi judge. once again germany's football federation the t s b finds itself in a state of disrepair its president fritz keller forced out after he compared one of his deputies ryan a call to the nazi charge shouldn't war criminal round for. keller made the remarks in april but the pressure on him to go grew and grew. it resulted in

a d.s.p. ethics investigation and the loss of confidence of the stretta ration its members. and it did such remarks are completely unacceptable and have left us stunned we condemn them in the strongest possible terms if this were to write it the irony is that keller was appointed to clean up the federation the man to turn things around after a series of corruption scandals. which is what we have to be so transparent so that at some point it becomes boring to talk about us that psagot does it with that seat . but can i fell foul of a power struggle at the top of the d.f.t. with his general secretary freeview skirt c s the seemingly not ready for callas vision for change leaving germany's football federation in need of yet more than is a shame. and joining us here in the studio to talk more about fritz keller and the german football federation is crest harrington from d.w.

sports good to see you press thanks so fritz keller he didn't last very long as president of the german football federation did a no not at all he took over in 2019 any failed in reaching his goal of talking about being born so no one talks about the german football federation you know keller also becomes the 1st president to have to answer to their own organizations own sports court so that's obviously another step in the wrong direction kether in his personal life is always in the restaurant wine making business clearly better at making wine he was the wine maker of the year that same year 2019 when he took over as president of the german football federation you know but it in terms of his comments there has to be a 0 tolerance you're talking about comparing your own vice president to an infamous nazi judge arguably the darkest chapter of german history you know there has to be a no go some would say is maybe too sensitive but i think it's a step in the right direction you know because this is the last thing you know people need to be discussing you know we need to be talking about football and

trying to perform better on the pitch you know obviously right now it's a bad day and we'll wait to see who the new president is. well football of course is extremely important in germany as elsewhere in europe people look to the president of the dia before leadership any idea who could replace color the one name i do like she also wanted to take over 2001000 she's the amateur sports representative groet you know she's been vocal already you know saying she can already imagine it you know what she thinks is needed right now it's important for a major renewable you know i think she's definitely a person who could inject that since she's from the grassroots germany's famous because of their grassroots programs and so forth that could be you know a positive step right now rain or call the vice president will be taking over and he's also you know has a history with the organization so he could be a possibility as well chris herren from the debris sport thank you so much ok. and just a quick reminder of our top story the crisis is escalating in the middle east where

israeli airstrikes on gaza have left at least 35 palestinians dead israel says hamas has fired more than a 1000 rockets since monday killing 5 years really years the u.n. has called for deescalation warning of the risk for full scale war. i'm sorry martin thanks for watching.

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