blood be on their heads. in tel aviv palestinian militants overwhelmed israel's defense system with a barrage of rockets it's been many years since residents of the coastal city have been forced to shelter in their cellars the palestinian islam is 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 up 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 . if. you're deeply concerned about the escalation between israel and those

launching rockets from gaza and we call for restraint and for calm i now both sides are counting their dead. and hoping for victory i and journalist. is in gaza city he joined us earlier to say that there has been heavy bombing there in the past 24 hours. today and last night from don't actually the was very intense it targets. some of the. minister of interior buildings whitely that many quoted a quarter of the police were damaged and destroyed some other offices as well many many private houses were with targeted israel is saying that these houses belong to the some of the activists of hamas and islamic jihad we are not sure about that. some private houses where were targeted. flats and boatman's

some streets as well where where we're bombed. the shelling or spin all the night and the morning there were some rockets for gaza as well and in the morning so it was very very very hard night for the cause and let's get more now we are joined from jerusalem where correspondent tanya kramer has been reporting and tanya you have actually been speaking with the israelis you're talking with the military give us a sense of what their campaign is aiming at. well at the moment israel is mostly using the f. holes to launch strikes against targets of hamas and other militant groups in gaza understand that is the strategy for now to take out as many pre-marked targets. as possible and those lists actually worked and you know in times in between by the

israeli intelligence so the next step would be to deploy ground forces you're talking then about a ground invasion but there is the sense here this is not the time yet so there is certainly a military build up around gaza and the country is in a massive operation and you just heard from my colleague in gaza about the consequences in that there's a massive operation going on in gaza from the israeli side but the question now is of course you know whether this will expand further and. or not actually in the coming days or weeks depending on how long this goes and that is the big fear among so many of the u.n. special coordinator for the middle east in fact saying that there is a danger of full scale war what is being done if you give us a sense diplomatically right now in order to deescalate this conflict. but of course there are calls specially by the international community to deescalate

the situation but we don't get a sense yet that here on the ground both parties have an interest at least not for now because those have been ramping up their respironics and their action in the past 48 hours and basically you know there's also pressure you have to say in israel to respond politically at least the political pressure to respond what is perceived as an aggression by hamas and other militant groups from gaza of course on the more people level you know everybody's concerned borders to happen next and where this will end and what results it will actually bring we are expecting as well mediation efforts it has been the case in previous. rounds mostly it's stand egypt or qatar or of course also the u.n. and other states that are trying to mediate between the parties but at the moment you know it's not clear what kind of a place for maneuvering to have and when and whether that will lead to an end to

hostilities any time soon tanya kramer with the vote view from jerusalem thank you so much. and earlier i spoke with avraham burg he is the former speaker of the israeli parliament and the former interim president of israel i asked him if israel is being proportionate in its response to the rocket attacks from hamas. there are no compulsions in wars porkies war is a unproportionate measure and the situation is not to be judging me to see what happens not this rule hundreds of rockets are not us we want their side it is what led to eat and what led to it is actually a joint interesting joint motivation interesting again coming denominator between hamas and netanyahu is conservative government both do not want to give power to

the policy no authority and make peace with it that hamas wants to take over the palestinian authority and promote. its religious and political agenda up in the tell me how does not want to compromise and sit down and. have their reconsideration with a policy unless randi because it will lead eventually to palestinian state suppose and id 5 going against them so hard and trying to there i'd like to ask you a little more about the political dynamics but 1st if we could just focus on the violence on the ground and and israel's partner because we've seen entire blocks for example being leveled in gaza and i'd like to ask you what the justification is for that. i cannot stand here and neither for the government of israel no for the measures of hamas i say that every citizen be the citizen in gaza all citizen in jerusalem has the rights to live in peace and as long as the leaders say they did

not push and did not do its utmost in order to promote the school city atory missions between the 2 nations is the responsibility of the people and the responsibility of the be this you know he's really reaction is not proportioned you know the hamas reaction or or or action i'm not clued ship to made and both those that he's going to try to be in government and the hamas religious government legitimate force as you called both sides illegitimate i'd like to ask you a little bit more about those political dynamics and we know netanyahu facing a tough political battle at home opposition parties currently negotiating a coalition to topple him in fact from power. how how far would you go when you're criticizing the israeli position right now i mean is this conflict being used as a distraction and as an effort to facilitate division among the opposition my suspicion is as good as yours are considering that the neo his is only motivation which is very personal he noted to deteriorate the situation but i've no clue i

have no foundation for this for the speculation the only thing i can say netanyahu is the prime minister that time has to come in again 4 times in the last year in the hospital majority of the israelis said we do not want you as a prime minister and the prime minister even in transition to 4 guys were voted out by the israeli company ensuite by freaks and manipulation is not illegitimate needed to lead the people into a war avraham burg we thank you so much for joining us on news to share your your view on what is happening there on the ground. in the middle east former speaker of the knesset we appreciate hearing from you thank you very much for harris and other stories making headlines. hundreds of mourners have been paying tribute to the victims of a school shooting in the russian city of cazan a makeshift monument was set up outside of 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 laws. the death toll from 2 weeks of protests in colombia has risen to 42 the country's human rights ombudsman says that most deaths were due to excessive force by police colombia's president even duke a has visited the site the city excuse me of college. which is the site of the most violent clashes. anticorruption prosecutors are investigating austrian chancellor sebastien kurtz over allegations that he made false statements to a parliamentary committee on corruption the inquiry is investigating the fallout from the so-called it b.c. gate that brought down kurds his previous government denies any wrongdoing and says that he will not resign. let's turn now to nepal where authorities have

extended a lockdown in and around the capital cut mon dieu until the end of may the number of covert 1000 cases is skyrocketing in nepal prompting concerns that is headed for a crisis like that next door in india. india's deadly 2nd wave has spread to neighboring nepal. in katmandu health care workers and authorities are struggling to contain a massive surge of code 1000 cases in the last 3 weeks the poles daily trajectory has shot up with 2 out of every 5 people tested now returning positive for the virus with hospitals filling to capacity with co 1000 patients the country's health system has been overwhelmed by the spike patients are scrambling to find hospital beds and oxygen for loved ones. true

nation is a few saxons. to the brink of collapse maybe also. sudan . and communities near the border with india. are only able to. increase the number of people who need treatment. the threat from cover 19 is even reached the world's highest peak as china announced on sunday it would set up a line of separation on the summit of mount everest to keep chinese climbers from catching the virus from those ascending from the nepal side. along the 800 kilometer open border nepal shares with india the police fleeing the virus or hurrying to return home. authorities fear even more covert 1000 cases are on the way. and here are some of the other major developments in the pandemic

india's covert 1000 death toll past 250001 wednesday but comparisons of official data with that from frontline workers suggest that the true number may be several times higher the catastrophic scale of the pandemic could have been prevented that's according to an independent global panel assembled by the un the experts concluded that early warning signs went unheeded and britain will hold a public inquiry into the government's handling of the pen demick prime minister boris johnson said that the investigation would begin next year when some of the worst pressures had subsided. $4000.00 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 in over a year the ceremony was part of a government program looking at bringing cultural events back without pandemic or

structure. research could sound so good that 2021 brit awards some music triumphantly returned to the big stage after the coronavirus hiatus and then from there 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 dominate all major categories the pop trio little mix made history becoming the 1st all female battling 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 probably talking about the city of god surround ourselves with strong

women and now using our voices more than ever thanks to. the big winner of the night with solo artists do willie. awards and the dream come true. thanks so much in the summer in 2018 i said that i want to see more women on these stages and i feel sorry for. 3 years later when seeing that happen and it really is such an honor to be a part of this wave of women in music britain's biggest celebration. and as musical achievements culminated with a performance honoring front line workers when the national health service choir joined the rag and bone man 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.

now the german cabinet has approved more ambitious targets for lowering greenhouse gas emissions it follows a court ruling that said that a $21000.00 climate protection law did not go far enough chancellor angela merkel's ruling conservatives are under pressure to add some muscle to their climate policy they are 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 stern 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 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 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. have. the new plan and should mean the pace of climate action will speed up noticeably sooner some worry poorer people here will end up paying the price if environmental taxes are increased. but for now younger germans are demanding clomid justice and politicians have been forced to listen. and let's have more on that we are joined by he is chief political editor. politician seen seen eager to to make up for some lost ground here on tackling climate change what's the reaction been well all the expected reflexes have already kicked in we've heard of course abroad welcome from holes a coalition in the social democrats who see themselves having proved that they can do tough climate policy also makers are protesting that it's simply not doable and

greenpeace is demonstrating outside the german chancery at the same time the bottom line is that the particularly the environment ministry acted very very fast and the minister responsible almost didn't even try to hide how excited she was how fast this happened in the end let's have a listen into that. flow exactly 2 weeks ago i would never have believed that i would be sitting here with a cabinet decision for a new climate protection law but that's politics just put it think the constitutional court ruling 13 days ago came as a surprise but in the end up positive surprise for climate protection. ok is the german environment minister selling this as a big success 1st of all are people buying it and 2nd of all are the new measures sufficient. well the people will

decide on the 26th of september and that's what it is all about in the end that's going to michael's coalition and with them the social democrats whose environment is so we just. needed to prove that they can act swiftly and that they didn't want to leave this to the green party as a campaign issue the greens of course. implementing or wanting to see an implementation of a climate strategy that would see the climate neutral. and this is something that is welcomed publicly across the board at the same time there's concerns that this could get very expensive for people who are renting flats for german industry as well we heard from the trade minister today saying that yes it was doable. by himself was a former minister but that of course raises the question why wasn't it doable for the past one and a half decades of this government. having been in place so this is a bit of

a triumph that's being celebrated a bit too loudly and a bit too close to those elections and as you mentioned it will be top of mind when voters head to the polls in september if you don't use chief political editor michelle on this story for us thank you. now mounting commercial and political pressure has forced a german football association president fritz keller to resign it came after a marathon board meeting 2 weeks after he compared one of his colleagues to an infamous nazi judge. once again germany's football federation in c.f.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 judge and war criminal record on friday. 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 federation its members. and it did such remarks are completely unacceptable and have left us stunned we condemn them in the strongest possible terms of the foot we're tired the irony is that keller was appointed to clean up the federation the man to turn things around after a series of corruption scandals. we have to be so transparent that at some point it becomes boring to talk about us that saw goals deserts at sea. but cannot fell 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 a callous vision for change leaving germany's football federation in need of yet more than is a shoo in and joining us here in the studio to talk more about france keller and the german football federation is crass harrington from sports he didn't last long

as president did he know he did not say the german football association has been riddled with scandals for years now he took over for its color in 2019 after his predecessor resigned over except in of expensive watch you know and that same year he knew. winemaker of the year so you could argue maybe he should've stuck to what he was better at you know because clearly he failed and one of his goals making the d.s.p. is what we call it here in germany so boring you don't want to talk about it the idea that he compares his own vice president to an infamous nazi judge one of the architects of the holocaust if not the darkest one of the darkest chapters in german history completely no go it should be a 0 tolerance approach you know i like the idea that he is stepping down he does become the 1st president that has to address his own sports court within the german football association so he'll have his day in court as they say and charlie explain himself you know but right now it's good i think that he's gone in

a new direction we're headed towards who could replace him well i like to grow but she could become the 1st female to take over the position she put her hat in the ring in 2019 she didn't win you know she calls football the last big bonfire of the german society she's from the grass roots she's with the amateur sports representative one of those you know so she's very familiar she believes there needs to be a major renewable she thinks there are structural issues within the organization you know i think a lot of people agree and you know when you look at the country you look at angela merkel why not why can't we have a female president run this organization you know she has my support but we have to wait and see what happens absolutely had to wait and see in the meantime i mean all this backroom drama it does it have the potential to spill over to the patch well you know for one it's already been turbulent all the pitch prior to this drama germany having historic losses and so forth you know in the nation's league stumbly their coach is leaving so we have to wait and see thomas miller might be coming

back that could be a bit of a boost harrington did have his sports breaking it all down for us as always thank you ok. and up next on d.w. it is the debut news asia with my colleague bereshit banner g do stay with us if you can for that i'm sorry telling in berlin thank you so much for watching.

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