and many senior commanders have been killed. but on both sides the attacks have also destroyed homes and claimed the lives of civilians including children. like about. but these are the most intense hostilities in years. they've also that to an eruption of street violence between jewish and arab residents in several israeli towns. this arab man was pulled from a scar and beaten by a mob of right wing israeli nationalists it was the 1st act of nationalist violence to receive direct condemnation from the prime minister. nothing justifies the lynching of arabs by jews and nothing justifies the lynching of jews by arabs it's unacceptable we will not tolerate this this violence is not us. the palestinians message to israel is loud and clear what droog. i address my words specifically to america and to israel. how enough is enough leave us we will remain thorns

in your eyes we will not leave our homeland we will not leave our country on food nor enough hate in rwanda for morena. israel is preparing ground troops along the gaza border as airstrikes targeting hamas continue. several airlines have canceled flights to israel amid the ongoing violence. neither side is showing any sign of backing down prompting the united nations toward a full scale civil war. and earlier we had the opportunity to speak to major general your island he is the former head of israel's national security council we began by asking him whether he thinks an israeli ground incursion into gaza is imminent. this is the 1st. first. casualties to the credit falls has

created unassertive of the luck with civilians so we refer to lower order a little but in this will be preferred because there certainly are too. early for as. 'd sterile tasks. to bring. silos us oh no pressure ready is. only. something little good hours we should all or will look at. that was the former head of israel's national security council meanwhile many israelis are dismayed by the renewed bloodshed to tell me reporters have been out on the streets gauging how people feel and what they think is behind the latest escalation take a listen. and we feel very bad it's very not nice with kids and even the flowers

thing go it's very hard to to a sham they don't want us to stay here and they want us to go on and it's over and over again all the time like every year we have the same situation they send rockets a lot of rockets every night you can see already knees are all right now we need to protect ourself what can we do it come up as a civil uprising is not something that happens all of a sudden it's something that bruise under the surface and at some point it erupts and i think that the years under binyamin netanyahu has control over israeli society under his leadership of hatred and incitement this is what brought us to this point and she did we are in a situation where i hope it will be possible for things to calm down but i'm not sure it's awful simply awful to have to sit down with some of us but again i think both hamas and our government adding fuel to the fire. i think it's both sides

and it's a shame because i really think most people ordinary citizens want peace and quiet. i mean what they were at the front both sides there was no attempt to calm things down but rather the opposite we saw the situation got completely out of hand. so so much of it so we closely tell a go so i don't know what the situation is to be correspondent on your cramer is in tel aviv for you tanya what are you were hearing about this reports these reports about a possible ground mission in gaza what can you tell us. well from what we understand and what we're seeing here is a very intensive campaign app on bachmann and of course also rocket barrages coming out of gaza but for the moment it seems this is just trying to cheat off the israeli army to use the f.o.'s they say they have a secular list of targets they are targeting according to them the infrastructure

belonging to hamas or islamic jihad or the militant groups and that has set priority but there is a build up the ground because it's a military build up and as far as going to stand there are preparations that's being heard i mean the need to be preparations at some point a ground invasion would be taken into consideration but at the moment it seems that is where it's pressing ahead very intense attack and pain and you would by that expect that this will be more intensify it in the coming days and tell you what are your sources in gaza telling you about the situation in the gaza strip for right now. when i had the chance to call as something that i know from my previous reporting and they are all telling me that it's a absolutely terrible situation they're hunkering down and apartments it's very difficult to see as safe because they are no it's not been safer than hearing

the bomb bartman square that they're close or far it's a very difficult situation it's also that yes i had one mother of one young woman saying that they were you know be a good day for monday to put this all started they were buying this sweets they were buying new clothes for kids that's usually a custom to do and now it's not a test of a doll you know they're just trying to stay at home they will not visit family and it's very very difficult days very very difficult days and very difficult days in israel as well there have been some very difficult scenes. of incidents of violence between israel's jewish and palestinian communities how is people reacting now a day after those disturbing attacks. well i think people i spoke to here are really socked by this people on both sides of the ira the palestinian arab community even inside israel and israelis. there's even

a curfew now which is unheard of in the city of loot. you know especially the police so it's going to be it's being deployed there and. you know it seems to be a total loss of control and people are really really concerned about it because it's not just in one city it is in several cities and people really simply shocked about this violence to have used time to train are reporting from tel aviv thank you very much. let's tell you know about some of the other developments in the conflict british airways has canceled flights to and from tel aviv over safety concerns many other international carriers are also avoiding the region and u.s. energy corporation chevron has shut down the tomorrow natural gas platform off the israeli coast israel says its energy needs will still be met and opponents of

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu say they're freezing talks on forming a coalition to unseat him following the recent inconclusive election. let's get you caught up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world. of ghana sign has begun a 3 day cease fire to mark the muslim festival of aid it follows a sharp rise in violence across the country despite no direct fighting between the taliban and government forces there are reports of a number of roadside bombs exploding today with at least 11 civilians beyond. the united nations has more than a 1000000 people in madagascar are in urgent need of food assistance severe drought has brought the island nation to the brink of the famine according to the world food programme agency says children are at particular risk of starvation thousands of colombia's have demonstrated in the capital book the town for the 15th

consecutive day of unrest the protests were sparked by anger over tax reforms but please spread to fury over police brutality the country's human rights ombudsman says at least $42.00 people have died and more than $160.00 have gone missing since the protests erupted. to her attention now to belarus where veteran leader alexander lukashenko remains firmly in power despite protests and international sanctions small protests are continuing but are quickly broken up most opposition figures have either fled or are in prison along with many journalists and purchases most were jailed or you remember during unprecedented anti luka shanker rallies last year elections wildly seen as a great demonstrations were brutally crushed by security forces but now lawmakers here in germany are looking to secure the release of political prisoners it's part of an unusual initiative born out of last year's crackdown. the german parliament

is in session this week but bellerose is not on the agenda though the pro-democracy protests there have subsided understocked member called hans browner remains focused on the topic he used taken on a symbolic sponsorship of political prisoner edward baba ricoh son of opposition presidential candidate viktor. dozens of bundestag members are supporting arrested belorussians in this way a social democrat says it's about solidarity. there's a saying in the end the truth always wins and in the end the truth about who will win as well and i'm sure that when the protests on the streets die down people will get tired they will lose their strength but they will not lose their will to have a free country a free democratic and liberal homeland and they want proper election results.

chairwoman of the human rights committee says the bundestag sponsorships may actually have contributed to the release of some prisoners in a letter to the ambassador of belarus in germany she wrote. the number of political prisoners in belo increased enormously since the presidential election arbitrary detentions and police violence of the order of the day in most cases prisoners are denied legal assistance this situation is contrary to human rights and strongly rejected by me and the 3 democrats in the german bundestag. hinson says that the sponsorship program for political prisoners is an opportunity for m.p.'s to reposition themselves on the events in belarus she herself supports a young man arrested in may 2020 who works for the husband of leading opposition figure. the green party's army nuri poor is supporting such a pure truth from the city of brest he's convinced solidarity can make

a difference. we know our influence is limited but we also know that symbolic actions make people listen to ensure people under pressure get noticed. in the situation in which mr true when currently finds himself for example the attention we pay is often the only protection he has from arbitrariness and repression. the campaign extends well beyond berlin over 150 politicians are taking part including members of the european parliament and of 7 national parliaments they hope their involvement will help some of the more than 350 political prisoners in belarus. more than a 3rd of the population of the united states is now fully immunized against cord 19 want to beat the pandemic completely the u.s. needs to reach that elusive goal herd immunity but experts say that objective could be out of reach because some americans are refusing to be facts unaided well the to

music early much more travel to the southern state of mississippi currently in last place for vaccinations to find out what's stopping people from getting their shots but. there are over 30 vaccination sites in jackson mississippi a city of 160000 residents one of the locations is at the state university site empty chairs and in a waiting staff shake the city they have 250 doses of the vaccine available today sometimes we have to waste them and there's the shame because we know that there are many more people that need to be that the native people mississippi is last in the united states and cope with 19 vaccinations only 26 percent of the state's population is fully vaccinated some have changed their mind but a vaccine hesitancy still poses a major problem i was a very is the to. about everything kind of prayed about it and gave it some thought

i feel like this was the most responsible thing to do and be safe with my family and people around me and i were going around a lot of patients every day so. a tax on hands health center dr chapman and her team offer daily vaccines for free with no apartment required but also at this site the traffic of patients remain slow will find in those off the. a lot of conservative weiss and i guess and then a lot of the minority young is not getting what you tried to just give them more and more education. even some health workers are heavy. like barbara patrick who eventually was convinced would you like them up there on the fire or to. move forward ringback as a health worker she was offered the vaccine in january but didn't want to be the 1st in line for one day and. it was not that i was into you know vaccination

but my has a to it was because i want to see what are all those would be factors. with every shot of the vaccine the risk of the spread returning dramatically decreases but this is still not enough the city of jackson has decided that if people don't attend the vaccination centers they are going to bring the vaccines into their communities. in a mobile clinic packed with vaccines and supplies the health workers strike 4 to 5 times a week to the suburbs the goal is to make it as convenient as possible for people to get their vaccine or having one. today it's a church after 2 hours only 2 members of the community come in to get their shots. and i work at night and is really coming in for when we come in the community in a big show i can come in and take mum i think. this time there 100 vaccine

doses available a much needed to and wanted around the globe but demand here is quite low some are still hasn't to but there are some who are barriers like transportation we don't require a performance so it makes it more coming. but hesitancy is not only about convenience maybe they're trying to use people of color to get the bags and to really do some research. that's one of the things even for. facts and statistics convinced her that this is the only way to return to normal also in their church. well one of the most common symptoms of cover 19 is the loss of smell and taste was before we gave the senses not long after being infected for some the distressing affects linger but a new technique is helping recovering patients to learn how to smile again to look

. at us a feel lost her collection of perfumes or rather she used to. have this melts though i really liked it once. really smelled their bare legged baby's diaper. a little something good but it's still. for a belgian answer feel our camp lesson sense such as her favorite per fumes smell or floor after she got in fact did with corbett 19 a few months ago at 1st she could no longer smell anything then many smells were distorted one of the most common side effects of the virus she can only see the spring on her balcony but barely smell it she says it's as if she were raring an iron mask. there is

a tiny bit of something but i don't know the smell. that's frustrating and makes me a bit sad. sure michelle my yard can understand very well how your car is feeling the frenchman lost his sense of smell due to an accident 5 years ago it's the smell of his children he misses most but mayor does not want to give up his passion for cooking. a bit of color is good we eat with our eyes after all a bit like the great chefs in france are doing it but it is the nose with its millions of factory cells that defines the taste of this element after his accident my eye was angry because no one could help him even if an estimated 5 percent of the french population suffers from a distorted sense of smell but with time his anger gave way to an idea he founded

a necessary action and developed off actually training incorporation we scientists with concentrated sense rose lemon laughs. the sense of smell is a sense that is as important as other senses. many forget about it. most people only discover it once they've lost it or gone since the beginning of the pandemic thousands of affected people all over europe have been using his sense of smell training techniques belgian answer feel our count is also exercising her nose her doctor has seen for herself the penny patients are recovering thanks to the training for example because the a factory sells damaged by the virus renew themselves. this gives me hope but my motivation very soon and so does my hope because sometimes i'm just saying i keep asking myself if it will ever come back. even if things are getting better only

slowly answer feeler car is hoping these smell bottles will her procrit on her per fume again without upsetting her nose. all right let's tell us about some of the other stories making headlines around the world this hour and he has recorded more than 4000 covert 1000 deaths for a 2nd straight day while the situation has improved in many cities the virus is still rampant in some rural areas where there's less testing concern is growing about a highly infectious variant that emerged in india and is now spreading worldwide. taiwan has experienced widespread rolling blackouts after an outage at a power plant in the south the cut is being blamed on equipment failure the state run utility type power says more than 4000000 households were affected power should be restored in the next couple of hours. tesla c.e.o. elon musk says his electric car company will stop accepting bitcoin because of

environmental concerns while the digital currency uses large amounts of energy from fossil fuels cryptocurrency has benefited from musk so earlier supports tesla's announcement triggered a sell off in crypto markets. and in football now dortmund's coach will wait until the very last minute to decide whether to play a star striker erling hyland in thursday's german cup final against rb leipzig while the norwegian is keen to dortmund's hopes of a victory both coaches are looking to secure their 1st major somewhere. as the i was ticked down to kick off all eyes are focused on german football's grandest stage has history of whites so too does the question looming will in holland akio believe the games brought his stuff be there to take pot. yelling stunts who messed my it's a real and was on the pitch yesterday after almost 2 weeks out. we didn't push it

but it looked good and we wanted to see how would fill. a void and we'll have another short session where he'll move around. a bit more and see if that is enough. for morgan in hope of shoot 1st major trophy as coach knows one thing for sure in jaden sanchez he's at least one fit reliable path to goal the englishman stricker dortmund victory of illogic on the way can't now 5 days later it will be in august mn has one final shot at lifting lot of trophy before he departs to take charge of pine munich. we will try to achieve the maximum which is winning the trophy that's what i don't think this has a lot of consequences on my personal career rather it's about every single player in i as the coach doing the best possible job then we want to celebrate together with the club which employees mean where i still enjoy working and with the players

that's what it's all about getting to fire and it's. a win for lots it would be the club's 1st trophy in 12 years since the club's formation. now who doesn't love a wood fired pizza right but what about one cooked to perfection on top of a smoldering volcano well that's what one ship is doing guatemala taking advantage of conditions on the eruption from on the erupting rather pikalyovo kaino the streams of molten lava mean perfect conditions for this in the mountain pizzeria climbers help themselves to a slice as well check them out really enjoying it there but with temperatures reaching over 1000 degrees celsius please don't try this at home if your home is terrible came out that is. all and should be run out of the top story that we're tracking for you this hour the conflict between israelis and palestinians is intensifying with israeli forces continuing to launch air strikes on gaza city

amounts militants have fired hundreds of rockets into israel causing large scale destruction tensions have also over into the streets violence in several israeli cities home to both palestinians and jews. you're watching the debate is focused on europe is up next somewhere iraq and probably on behalf of the entire to thank you so much for your company which you can.

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got my license to work as a swimming instructor and i'm sure now our 2 children one who don't describe themselves as. what's your story take part cherish on info migrants dot net. hi everyone welcome to focus on europe i'm happy to have you with me here in europe we really are feeling the effects of the climate crisis with extreme heat waves droughts and out of control fires portugal has been hit particularly hard by forest fires over 100 people lost their lives in 2 deadly blazes.