this is g w news line from berlin tonight the israeli military hints at a possible ground invasion of gaza as airstrikes intensify. pressure strikes topple a high rise media building in gaza yes collation in violence has killed dozens and left entire city blocks in ruins tonight hamas says several of its top commanders have been killed also coming up heartbreak and anger as russia mourns the 7 children and 2 staff members who were killed in tuesday's school shooting. was

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channel health officials in gaza say the death toll from israeli air strikes has risen to 56 including 14 children. fired into israel has killed at least 6 people. the european union's top diplomat says violence must be halted immediately to prevent a broader conflict washington says it's sending a special envoy to the region in a bid to deescalate tensions. israeli tanks on route to the gases strip it's still not clear whether a ground operation will be the next escalation in this conflict currently israel is still carrying out its counter attack on gaza city with an air offensive after the massive rocket attacks on tel aviv the israeli military announced it had killed many hamas leaders including the brigade commander for gaza city. and israel's defense minister did not leave much hope for an early end to the fighting . our armed forces will continue striking until there is total quiet and for

a long period of time only once we achieve that can we talk about the escalation there is no finishing date hamas seemed unfazed by the heavy damage and the many casualties in gaza but for the 1st time since these most recent hostilities began how much leader is smile honey a said he could take steps to defuse the conflict. if israel wants to escalate we are ready for it. and if you want to stop we're also reading that. despite those words hamas and islamic jihad have been firing off their missiles almost nonstop and mainly at the nearby israeli coastal city of ashkelon there are many wounded there too and one soldier died when his vehicle was struck by an anti-tank missile for the moment at least it does not look like the actual fighting will let up. and for more now i'm joined by captain libby weiss spokesperson for the israel defense forces it's good to have you on the program we are witnessing a conflict involving israel's military against the forces of hamas and the

palestinians isn't this clearly a show of disproportionate military street that we're seeing thank you for having me and no not at all i do think it's important to provide some context of events on the last 40 hours this extremely tense situation starting it. well and. launch rockets into our capital into jerusalem and then continued with a really nonstop russian rockets at this stage more than 1200 of the launch the israelis in most cities have found themselves in shelters overnights during the day the situation here is extremely extremely tense we've had several casualties on our end so no absolutely not we are striking targets within the stretch of hamas that are really responsible for what we're saying and the escalation seen in the last 40 hours kept a was if we look at the numbers there were we're hearing from the gaza health ministry is that 53 palestinians have been killed including 14 children we've got

320 people injured in israel we've got 7 did including a soldier and one child to me don't these figures that they speak for themselves i mean 1st it's important to say that i think any loss of life is tragic and i think comparing them in such a way perhaps takes away from the sense of tragedy on both sides. it's to orange for me to mention the cost is very clearly targeting israeli civilians that is the whole purpose of the onslaught of rockets that we have seen in the last 40 hours and we are being very very precise as much as possible in the operational reality which we are operating to strike targets in the strike that are only of hamas we have no interest no desire to strike civilians of in the gaza strip which is really in sharp contrast to hamas and what we've seen here in the last 40 hours but right now we're still in your combat mode but there was a hint today from the israeli military that a possible ground offensive could take place what has to happen before we get to

that point well you know as the i.d.f. we are of course assessing the situation it's a very dynamic situation and we're assessing it regularly on any decisions such as those that you're mentioning would be a by the political echelon and of course as the military we will be ready to respond to whatever task we are given by by the political unit. that at the moment we are focused on striking those targets of in the strip really stopping hamas is ability for being able to terrorize israelis and keep the ones you served during the conflict with hamas back in 24 teens did you think that you would be in another conflict like that in the year 2021. well you know i'm unfortunately i'm well aware of our neighbors and i am well aware of the nature of hamas them and the organization that is running the gaza strip i can say that as a person who lives in this country of course i want to live peacefully with my neighbors i have no doubt that there are people certainly in the gaza strip and

feel the same way and unfortunately hamas has a very clear goal some certainly not a place i think any of us would want to be and want to be and now but it is unfortunately familiar territory for us ok captain maybe why spokesperson for the israel defense forces kept it was we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you. funerals have been held for the victims of tuesday's school shooting in the russian city of cazan russia has strict gun control walls but president vladimir putin has reportedly ordered the national guard to draft stricter measures hundreds of mourners gathered at vigils and funerals today to pay their respects to the $7.00 students and 2 staff members who were killed or morals have sprung up in several cities across the country police arrested the suspected gunman but have yet to release information about a possible motive leaving residents of distraught and confused. a capital flow loss and emotions running high shock mixed with anger and sadness at

the after the tragic shooting in cars on locals come to believe that the high school like any other has come to symbolize senseless violence and that the former pupil carried out of the deadly rampage. my kids go to school my niece is in the 9th grade the fire service rescued her with a ladder my son is in the 4th grade and thank god he only goes to school in the afternoon i'm shocked i have left. i'm grieving for all the children here i could cry my nephew goes to school he has been many. i feel like they're all my children it's just so awful. i really missed it picked. school shootings are unusual in russia but the attacker smutty if it's still not clear people say he was polite and unassuming and to no

one in russia would have expected a killing in the city just over 1000000 people live in cars on tourists come here from all over russia that the city is known for being very beautiful and peaceful so the fact that something like this could happen has shocked everyone here. a heavily armed police force and the siege exactly what happened inside of a school is under investigation the 19 year old attacker was able to get in with a weapon he obtained illegally he shot dead children into adults before surrendering to police 23 people are still in hospital. the fact that the shooter was able to carry out of the attack in broad daylight he's using a legal weapon has raced questions.

how can i send my kids back to school i'm really afraid. how can we carry on if we're always afraid. i definitely won't let my child go back before the end of the school year and i'm already worried about next year. it will take a long time to get over the dreadful events for many of the tragedy has changed their lives forever. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world western powers a clash with china over its treatment of its we. are nearing a u.n. sponsored virtual meeting britain's u.n. ambassador called the situation in. one of the worst human rights crises of our time the u.s. says it will continue speaking up until china stops its crimes against humanity. republicans in the u.s. house of representatives have voted to remove fellow party members cheney from

a top leadership position. republican has been under pressure for her repeated criticism of former president donald trump before the vote cheney was the 3rd highest ranking house republican. ugandan president yoweri museveni has been sworn in for his 6th term at the winning a controversial election this past january during the inauguration ceremony police surrounded the home of opposition leader bobby wine who has called most of eighty's victory a sham and these describe the measure as a normal security deployment for the young t s. d w news has spoken to migrants in greece who say they live in fear of being detained by the police despite being legally registered in the country we've also obtained exclusive footage from inside the power detention center which is closed to journalists w.'s funny the char reports tonight on the serious accusations being made against greek authorities reza and his friend spend their days are looking for

somewhere to sleep into someone he's from afghanistan and it's registered in greece as an asylum seeker will join other about the political though we have a person we have to hide when the police catch us they beat us and forces out then we have nowhere to go we have to live on this street and i'm going to give a little i'm going to be able to make it. social worker hope parker shows us this was where asylum seekers can find shelter in testimony the city used to be safe for refugees but more and more are hiding from the authorities if the police pick them up that looking at either like the detention or a violent pushback so mostly what i want to be seen by the police act will remain shut out from my dear young who also had documents he was speak to up on the street and spent months in a detention center i haven't. thought hunger striking goes we

didn't know 1st why are we here and for how long it's going to last one incident was especially traumatic might they have brought this group of police. everyone. was really. like so many people. complain or support arbitrary detentions in holding facilities so prisons and human rights violations. tell a different story the governments that pushbacks are nothing but charged propaganda that so-called secret detention sites don't exist that we are on the way to her and our state which is a free removal detention center still in exile to the public i'm. surrounded by the road open mountains even official detention center is hard to find. an aerial view shows a facility that can hold up to 500 detainees surrounded by barbed wire fencing

inside there reports of police violence we obtained this exclusive footage from border monitoring violence network an independent watchdog which documents police brutality and illegal pushbacks the video was taken inside her nasty last year the monitors say violence is systematic the greek government has not responded to our interview requests we show the images to the united nations official responsible for refugees certainly. shouldn't happen and it's important that the conditions of detention are. worked on collectively but at the same time the asylum service has been you know in the but if you look at the past 3 years the systemic change we're ready. to strengthen it for the refugees there is little prospect of any immediate improvement in daily life this facility near to saloniki is

supposedly an open camp a concrete wall is being built around it to keep people in ironically construction is being commissioned by the united nations' migration agency. and for more now i'm joined by to make a strict she is a dutch member of the greens european free alliance and the european parliament mistretta it's good to have you on the program greece has been on the front line of the migration crisis for many years you recently traveled to a detention camp there were you concerned by what you saw. and yes exactly i went to some of those and there are the so-called multipurpose center it's almost ready. for asylum seekers to be placed so what you see credibly is that the camps that we know now with substandard conditions are being either replaced by new centers but then surrounded by fences with

a possibility to close them completely or that the current camps are being surrounded by by walls or fences and there's the ongoing dispute between the e.u. and greece that the commission says it should now be closed centers because if you ask for asylum that's no reason to be detained. but it will within the greek a discussion we hear that there is an intention indeed to detain asylum seekers so do you get the impression that greece is failing then to fulfill its obligations under international law. well yeah the situation has become harsher and harsher especially since the e.u. took tookie deal which meant that all asylum seekers have to stay on the greek islands in order to be returned to turkey these returns do not take place as end

around refused as also to take them back but some people are stuck on the islands in camps that are overcrowded with a lack of all the services and needs that are acting the obligations according to the e.u. rules and indeed this is the tension becomes more and more harsh but what you also see is that people who are rejected like syrian refugees who are rejected now because they are expected to be returned they stay there in a legal limbo because they cannot be returned. they are in need for protection and they may now even end up in detention we know that very few members of the european union have been really to take in the migrants that arrive in countries such as greece italy and malta is this fortress europe mentality is it winning out over a sense of european solidarity. yes that's has gradually

increased more and more the last years of course we have. a system in the year era e.u. that that's the rules to this are recent of a sign of seekers but that puts the most of the pressure on the border countries of the e.u. . other member states are not obliged to relocate to take over assigning seekers and they they also refuse to do so we only see a very small numbers of asylum seekers being taken over from greece or italy and especially greece as it is the neighbor of turkey is actually really having the heaviest responsibility at the moment and of course this leads to bet. the good offices of the of the middle east now go ahead and if you know what i want to ok then that leads to bad circumstances for asylum seekers but it

also leads to consistent reports of pushbacks which means actually that asylum seekers. are run the risk of drowning in the e.t.a. in sea and home also refrain from access to asylum ok this needs to stop and we need a better senate average the system ok mr mccabe straight a member of the european parliament district we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you thank you. the german heaven has approved a landmark climate bill to make the country climate neutral 5 years earlier than previously planned last month germany's highest court ruled that the current climate protection law doesn't go far enough chancellor angela merkel's ruling conservatives they are under pressure to add teeth to their climate policy they're facing an election year challenge from the green party and polls show that the environment is a deciding factor for many voters. it's as if angle

a miracle and government had flung to school exams and were given extra homework as a result in fact they were told to improve the law on climate protection the environment minister is calling it a success this time it is a ruling from the federal constitutional court 13 days ago was a surprise but ultimately a good surprise for climate protection and. a. brave face after the slap in the face from gemini's highest court it said the government's climate plan for the period off to 2030 was not good enough to heavy a burden it ruled was being placed on future generations the revamped goals a more ambitious climate neutrality for gemini funny view is earlier than planned transport industry and agriculture had to be emissions neutral by 2045. previously germany aim to cut climate damaging gases by just over half in 10 years

now the reduction will be nearly 2 thirds. the environment minister thinks the government has earned a pat on the back. when. germany is at the forefront because we have a concrete plan which we're putting into law saying precisely how we can get to greenhouse gas neutrality for an industrialized country that's a special achievement which other countries also recognize. and that's been on the . younger people for instance those in the fridays for future movement to demanding that these must not remain empty promises some activists say the government is still not doing enough to avert climate disaster. in order to secure the younger generations right to a future and to bring climate policy here into line with the paris agreement germany's greenhouse gas emissions have to be reduced by at least 70 percent by 2030 and germany needs to be climate neutral by 2040. 5. the

report card for the governing parties will be issued on september the 26th that's the days of the general election. in nepal the coronavirus locked in and around the capital kept men do has been extended until the end of may the number of 1000 kids is skyrocketing in the poll there are fears the country is headed for a crisis similar to the one 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 co 1000 cases in the last 3 weeks nepal's 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 covered 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. most fears coming true as life serves a few sexes at system to bring. me off. school and loose streets. and communities near to. eat only british and the. number of people who eat she made. a threat from cover 19 has 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 covered $1000.00 cases are on the way. here are some of the other major developments in the pandemic india's coded 1000 death toll passed 250001 wednesday but frontline workers say that the true number may be several tolling to higher the catastrophic scale of the pandemic in india could have been prevented that's according to an independent panel assembled by the united nations the panel concluded that early warning signs went unheeded and britain will hold a public inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic prime minister boris johnson says the investigation will begin next year. staying in the u.k. there were 4000 people no masks no social distancing it seems unthinkable but london made it happen last night the 41st brit awards became the 1st major indoor music event with a live audience in the u.k.

capital to take place in over a year the ceremony was part of a government program looking at bringing cultural been spec with pandemic restrictions. to new research could sound so good that 2021 brit awards saw music triumphantly return 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. after being slammed for snubbing female artists in 202050 years brit sound women dominate all major categories the power trio little mix made history becoming the 1st all female battling to take home the award for best british group. thanks.

it's not easy being a female in the u.k. pop industry we've seen the wow my dominance of the sexism and you can talk that seeing the power to get to. sit down and surround ourselves with strong women and now using our voices more than ever. the big winner of the night with solo artists do well lead to awards kind of dream come true. not so much except in the so mood in 2018 i said that i want to see more women on these stages and i feel so. seriously 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 performance honoring front line workers when the national health service choir joined dragon bone mass and a larger than life on screen.

after year most people would like to forget the brits were able to stage a show memorable for all the right reasons. we like the sound of them you're watching the w. news after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day tonight they help us to get well they hold our hands when we die tonight we salute the work of nurses we'll be right back.

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