i mean tons of plastic waste. is still another leg. after all the fine is interest cyclable. make up your own mind. w. made for mines. this is day to believe news and these are out top stories israel's army says it's a force and a ground troops carrying out attacks in the gaza strip it's a further escalation of the conflict that saying israel pounding targets in the palestinian territories and how moss firing rockets into israel violence has broken out in is ready cities and the death toll in both israel and the palestinian territories is rising. in the united states the 1st

children have been receiving a vaccine shots this after the u.s. centers for disease control cleared the bind to find the vaccine for use on 12 to 15 year olds research a site vaccine trials on children found temporary side effects similar to those observed in adults. india has recorded more than 4000 covered 19 deaths for a 2nd straight day of the situation has improved in many cities the virus is rampant in some rural areas where this latest testing concern is growing about the highly infectious variant that is driving cases in india and spreading worldwide. this is the deadly news from berlin you can find it much more on our website that's to be found at d.w. dot com. in the weeks since fighting erupted between hamas and israeli forces the weapon of

choice has been missiles and rockets but not anymore from attacks by ear to attacks by fists arab and jewish mobs have taken to the streets of israeli cities some israeli leaders are now warning that this could in a civil war will the world well that to happen so far the usual calls. for a ceasefire have fallen on deaf ears tonight u.s. and egyptian mediators are on their way to israel to start deescalation talks is it too early for talks or is it too late i'm often berlin this is the day. when i. will suppose that it's good that his name for it is very hard for us and the children they have become homeless now. off. the recent incidents the

most they tell you. to restock fee $53.00 the peace process because it's the only way. both sides desire to live in peace i hope to see this coming to conclusions. also coming up at the current pace everyone in the united states who wants a coded 19 shot will have it within the next 30 days but that will still leave millions and vaccinated tonight a report from the u.s. state with the greatest vaccine hesitancy mississippi will find in in the south that. a lot of conservative white and i get it and then a lot of that minority young is not kidding and we try to just give it one more education. which of our viewers on p.b.s.

in the united states into all of you around the world welcome we begin the day in search of a way to end the fighting and the hate this week of see the deadliest exchange of attacks by hamas in israeli forces in 7 years and on the streets of israeli cities mobs of israeli jews and israeli arabs have sent some eerie. to walk till and into this violent escalation does not seem near and this will not make a deescalation any easier u.s. and egyptian mediators are now headed for israel to restart talks aimed at ending cross border fighting they'll arrive to find the israeli military preparing for a possible ground offensive against gaza while hamas is vowing not to let up with its barrage of rocket attacks aimed at israel to bring the israelis and the palestinians to the table both will want to somehow appear in a position of strain beside the bloodshed and the distrust there will have to be room for a new yet familiar narrative of coexistence and peace some say this is not possible

but that is not the message that u.s. president biden had when he spoke with israeli prime minister netanyahu wednesday night. and in that column course he would get aerated the right of israel of self said to defend themselves you know in our view rocket attacks from attacks from hamas into civilian neighborhoods and it's not self-defense and so he certainly reiterated that but also reiterated the need to move to deescalate the situation on the ground his view and the view of our entire administration is that the loss of any life a civilian life any life is a tragedy and that's one of the reasons that we are so engaged behind the scenes in this effort. my 1st guest tonight knows firsthand the challenges of conducting behind the scenes negotiations between the israelis and the palestinians martin indyk served twice as u.s. ambassador to israel and from 2013 to 2014 he was u.s.

special envoy for israeli palestinian peace talks ambassador it's good to have you on the program i'd like to ask you about international efforts to end this latest finding but let's talk 1st about the palestinians and the israelis what do you think hamas wants to achieve with this latest escalation of the conflict where its basic purpose was to try to extend its influence. primarily it's at least roussillon where the violence has stepped up. but also to the west bank if a cat. that it like this to say it was already essentially negotiating with the israelis for all of this out so i think that the deal that they had which was quiet quiet is something that they can accept again let's they've demonstrated that they are siding for the coalition fighting features.

israel has conducted for elections in 2 years and still doesn't have a new government how difficult is it going to be to get movement on the israeli side given the lack of stability that we're seeing right now in the government. well israel does have a can't take it government i think that political clusters instructed by the fraud . or 5th election and that process is now being disrupted but some much by the rocket fire of the public but more by. bob violence on the train shows that arabs in many cities across. and that is that the coercion that though she has but in the meantime as a kid take a dozen but prime minister. that's mr katz they're totally clueless and decision making and they are quite capable of deciding. to or

ceasefire with that proposition turns out after last november's us election you wrote about what would be awaiting the new us president in the middle east and i'd like to share segment with our reviewers you write with all the other pressing priorities for biden's administration the pandemic the economy china climate change iran's nuclear program except for a new initiative to restart israeli palestinian final status negotiations cannot be justified and yet biden is committed to keeping the concept of the 2 state solution alive because it remains the only way to end the conflict now when you compare the situation in 2014 with what it is now ambassador is international support for the 2 state solution is it stronger or is it weaker tonight. well i think what distinguishes i tried to tear in the ink that you quoted from twain the hope

of the 2 state solution as opposed to the other right is the breadth of one states which has been talking about. it's it's very important to keep the hulk a lot and in particular coming out of this crisis to provide the palestinians with a political horizon a way that they can say that's credible that can get them. but there is a distinction between that and the goetia asians to achieve that or that conditions are not right for those funds those situations and i speak as somebody who was involved in the last round intended it wasn't 14 where the parties will sort are a part of the end of the procession when they were at the beginning of them and nothing is changed in terms of the latest ship on both sides we've been less and you know on this side. of the bus on the palestinian side that would leave late

president dodd who was there as vice president but i was during those negotiations nothing is happened that would lead him to go away that there's a better chance at least tying together with the united states than ever to bridge the differences between them on the final status issues so i think that's the the heart of the battle there are things that the united states can promote when the sirens stops. to encourage a belief on both sides that peace is possible i think that this conflict may make both sides recognize that peace is necessary but until we have a change of leadership on the freight that it's not going to be impossible to bring these 2 sides together and i'm talking about a change of vision on both sides you've recommended that the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken that maybe he should show support for a resumption of direct peace talks but only if both sides accept the parameters of

the 2 state solution laid out under president clinton how realistic do you think it is considering as you say we've still got the same political actors in place that we had in 2040. well i think it's totally unrealistic a mouse wants a one state solution that involves in the nation of israel. once a 3 state solution a must rolling 1000 well muslim in the west bank and in on clothes. so you know another muslim himself is a man who is going to be determined to go it is true books as the person who refused to compromise on palestinian rights so the 2nd sense it's not there to get a meeting from their share she telling and the very effort to try to do that is likely to increase or conflict rather than take risks so i think i think that we've got to look at smaller steps at an incremental process that needs to be

a process you know that there are a lot of that in the middle east if you're not if you're on a bicycle if you know pedaling forward you can avoid a lot of that that's because. well what about the possibility of elections for the palestinians the palestinians are still waiting to hold elections they've been waiting for a long time how crucial is a successful fear in free election for the palestinians to peace talks with the israelis. that's precisely the kind of incremental step that i think is important palestinians are very excited about the idea that they would have a chance to vote charts or express themselves up to 15 without an election and the registration is very hot but apple mohsen called off the elections he said it was because the israelis wouldn't give it answer with. the palestinians could could vote and inspect it was because he didn't want hamas to win and his own party

was that trade was running 3 slates and proportional election so i think that something out of this by the ministration should push for the elections but according to what was provided for in the also a cool number one that east west and palestinians should be able to follow that's a cloud of this all the what's possible should be the votes and i'm going to do that only candidates forswear violence should be allowed to rot. that makes to be applied in the way that it was and to the if test an election before the cold calls let me ask you before we run out of time and belgium's are talking about politicians and politics prime minister benjamin netanyahu he faces criminal charges and he has not been able to put together a working governing coalition after 4 elections in in your opinion ambassador are the chances for progress towards peace in the region are they better or worse

if binge monette yahoo remains in a position of power. it depends very much on what kind of coalition. if he has that right wing religious television that he's been trying to put together in these last 4 elections will do so. if he manages somehow to cobble together that kind of coalitions shots some place somewhere between 0 and up if he is forced to go into a coalition with the center left parties which is done before then i think it may be possible to move the process forward but that doesn't look like a likely process at the moment. ambassador martin indyk joining us tonight from washington d.c. ambassador it's good talking with you we appreciate your time and we appreciate your valuable insights especially at these very very trying times thank you. thanks

for having me. the united states has made great strides in its campaign to vaccinate people against. more than 35 percent of the population is now fully immunized but to be had to really be the pandemic it needs to reach herd immunity and the experts say that goal could be out of reach in the u.s. in part due to persistent vaccine hesitancy w.'s carli with traveled to the southern state of mississippi currently in last place for vaccinations she wanted to find out more about what's stopping people from getting their shot. 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 and chairs and a waiting staff shake the city they have 250 doses of the vaccine available today

sometimes we have to waste and there's the shame because we know that there are many more people that need to be vaccinated the 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. everything kind of prayed about it and. i felt like this was the most responsible thing to do be safe from my family and people around me and i were going on a lot of patients every day so. attacks on hands have 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 we find in those off the. a lot of conservative weiss. and then

a lot of that minority young is not. getting annoyed tried to just give them more and more education. even some health workers are hesitant like barbara patrick who eventually was convinced would you like them up there on the fire or to just lie down and move forward as a health worker she was offered the vaccine in january but didn't want to be the 1st in line for one day i think it was not that i was anti you know backs of nature but now has a to it was because i want to see what the at home will be factors. with every shot of the vaccine the risk of the spread to 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 have a good one. today it's a church after 2 hours only 2 members of the community come in to get their shots. i work at night and as we may recall. when we come in the community in a big show i can come in and take. this time there 100 vaccine doses available a much needed 2 will and wanted around the globe but demand here is quite low some are still hasn't to there are some who are barriers like transportation we don't require a performance so it makes it more convenient. to test it and see it's not only about come fenians 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 our 1st.

facts and statistics come thin sterrett that this is the only way to return to normal also in tears church. all right for more now we want to bring in dr william schaffner professor of preventive medicine infectious diseases at vanderbilt university medical center in the state of tennessee doctors good to see you again let's start with news coming in the good news today the centers for disease control saying that fully vaccinated people can basically throw away their masks i mean this speaks to the success of the vaccination drives in the united states would you say well i think it's very exciting brand because people will welcome this that then vaccinated and that ash very frequently what i do now that i couldn't before i was vaccinated and now the c.d.c. is telling them basically they can go on mass unless you're one of those people who

are immunocompromised then you should be continue to be careful and the numbers show is that about a 3rd of the population in the u.s. is fully vaccinated that means the u.s. is not close to reaching herd immunity is it. i'm afraid it's not bred and it varies across the country in mississippi as you've just heard and in my state of tennessee we're at the low end of acceptance there are other states the more northern states and in the west where acceptance has been much more risky but in all parts of the country we still have many areas particularly in the rural areas where people are really quite reluctant to receive the vaccine we have to reach out more and more to them to persuade them that they're comfortable and reassured that getting a vaccine is a good thing and it is what we know we just saw in the report that we just aired a vaccine hesitancy is very high in mississippi but that hesitancy seems to be

highest over the u.s. sales why is that. well in the south we have more conservative people and of course there are still some political overtones over this remember it wasn't so long ago that we heard this virus was just going to disappear of course that's not the case and so we're going to have to persuade those people to come in and eat facts and they get there the folks in who live in the more rural areas who are more self-sufficient and independent perhaps they don't think so much of protecting others because they're relatively isolated we're going to have to convince them. and what about the entire united states start to shift how much of the population is refusing to get shots. well refusing is pretty small hesitant is much larger and these are people who have

a variety of questions that they need answered we have to listen to them and ensure that questions that's 30 or 40 percent of the population. here in europe reports of side effects and some fatalities linked to the astra zeneca vaccine that resulted we've seen some countries dropping the vaccine completely the reports like that do they have a negative overall effect on how willing people are to be vaccinated surely those reports will raise questions and of course our j.n.j. vaccine which is licensed for use which was very popular also had this rare blood clotting defect associated with it i emphasize rare and we haven't been able to pick up steam with that waxy as we had before it was very popular because it was one and done it only required one injection. the others have done and you're

probably aware that some states are offering money savings bonds or even free tuition to college if people get vaccinated as a medical professional what do you make of having to to bribe if you will bribe the public to do something that benefits everyone to get life saving shots. if you may i call it a reward but in any event positive motivation for what ever reason i hope will help get more people vaccinated it does appear extraordinary because the self evident benefits of the protection it gets from the vaccine and that there are very safe ought to be convincing all by themselves so as a post published health and medical professional i'm kind of confused about all the well said vaccination i got about 30 seconds here dr sevier should vaccination should it be compulsory so we're not going there this is still too

controversial print for making it compulsory although some private institutions colleges are telling their students when they come back in the fall they must be gotten laid that's a good way to get their shots in those arms for sure dr william schaffner of the vanderbilt university school of medicine in nashville tennessee dr schaffner as always good talking with you we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you enough and. we're here in germany the drive to vaccinate people against kobe 19 is exhilarating but there are still long lists of people waiting to get their 1st shot vulnerable people often find themselves at the back of the line but public health leaders are trying to change that. finally a chance to get a job at this homeless shelter in bonn and around 60 of the 90 people who have found refuge here have signed approximation today it's a special vaccine campaign by the city authorities an effort to reach those who

might otherwise fall through the cracks in the system. i think it's great i don't think i would have been able to sort this out myself so i think it's quite good. apart from difficulties they face making a doctor's appointment there are other obstacles to homeless people getting vaccinated. because. most of the people are not so healthy they've had a hard life of experience homelessness extreme poverty drug addiction. they have to take a lot of medication and it just comforting to know that they will no longer be at risk of getting a severe covered $1000.00 infection. so far germany has vaccinated a 3rd of its population with their 1st dose but there still aren't enough doses to go around this while all that and particularly vulnerable groups are being prioritized for the homeless and people in drug programs the city has reserved

nearly 900 doses of the johnson and johnson vaccine which only needs to be given once and the people seem willing to get the job. yes i'm going to be vaccinated today at 1 pm that's when they start and i will be there i might remove one dose then everything's done. but i'm happy with it you know me too freely i have side effects i wish it was for one day but otherwise i'm fine. a war. that's a good lawyer i think it's going pretty well it took too long at the beginning but typically german. always takes longer to kick things off but now it's going well. germany's vaccination program is coming along and like one other cities are also trying to reach out to more vulnerable parts of the population so that nobody is left behind. theory and finally who doesn't

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climate change was the spark that made her take action. cloudy augustine 0 from portugal is suing 33 european countries forest fires in her homeland for far too common. with a group of other young people she's heading to the european court of human rights. with success. on your. next.

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takes my belief from a pain. we are years actually on fire and summons. the for. high 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 in 2017

as wave after wave of flames closed in on the country's cities rescue workers were totally overwhelmed and roads cut off that has left this young portuguese woman cloudy augustine you know wondering what kind of world are we really leaving behind for children european governments she says are not doing enough to protect the climate she feels they are literally putting her life at risk and so she's taking legal action against 33 countries in europe to change that. this side lives cloudy who do it out to in your speechless. she can still remember when everything here was green. but ever since the wildfires the pines are all dead. it makes me very sad to see such an amazing place that was destroyed by the fire. this

is very symbolic because it means that it will keep but if nothing it's then this will keep happening in other places from from our planet and we should fight to change that. wildfires rage through portugal often in 2017 the fires claimed the lives of some 120 people and were deemed the worst in living memory. as each summer becomes hotter and drier than the last the risk of devastation rises. cloudy a blames the climate crisis that's why the nursing student from the area north of luzon is stepping up the pressure but since her voice wasn't being heard enough on the streets she took her case to the european court of human rights and sued half of europe. i'm taking these case against 33 countries because one day i want to being

a world that's healthy and no danger. claudia's fellow plaintiffs are her siblings and her 3 friends her brother martin is 18 and suffers from asthma they say more and more people are getting sick from the increasing heat and fires. are going to change breathing problems will just get worse. people like me won't get better just it's going to get worse and worse their parents are supportive of the law search order to reason moto is 47 years old and grew up in germany she says she has lived a carefree life but can understand her children's concerns for the future that's why she is glad that the judges in strasbourg have classified the cases are urgent i am a little girl she's only knowing. what will have life be like. i feel guilty i didn't really do anything by good god i didn't contribute to the crisis. but i

also didn't think about it if you get a less fight it's like my kids i feel bad about that. cloutier does not want to blame all the generations after all they couldn't have known any better but those who deny the climate crisis are fooling themselves. when people don't believe in climate change i think that those people are the ones who feel more guilty because they don't want to believe it because it hurts it hurts a lot to think what they are we doing to our planet. lawsuits like this so what the irish human rights organization global legal action network specializes in the strategy of the lawyer gerry liston and his team was risky the european court of human rights could have referred to national judicial channels but the judges have admitted these young people's case where i've been. failing to adopt the nexus

theory emissions reproached us use that are needed to avoid how destructive consequences governments are discriminating on the basis. tracing a rag. generation. greater risk of future harm. to me just like the show with the lawyer means he's referring to agreements from the european convention of human rights and the paris climate accord to keep global warming well below 2 degrees celsius as pledged countries would have to make a much bigger effort to reduce greenhouse gases cloudier is optimistic and believes this can still be achieved the case is just one of the ways pressure on governments is mounting. a lot of people come to was then they thank us for what we are doing and that makes me very happy but we still have a lot of work to to do and

a long way so i think that we have. we have. the power and we want to do something so we are very hopeful. it remains to be seen when a verdict will be reached. for now the $33.00 states charged a still fighting against the lawsuit. now well european governments will have to take a formal position now by the end of may after a court rejected their argument that the proceedings were not urgent. germany is trying to ramp up its energy transition but when it comes to building new wind turbines in the north and baltic says there is some pretty explosive danger down on the seabed more than one and a half 1000000 tons of explosives and munitions from the 2 world wars have all just been sunk into the sea for years this out of sight out of mind approach worked just

fine but not anymore. their job is to find ammunition collect data and gauge the damage to world wars have left behind and the other should flow or. still down their sewer munitions from the 1st world war that was more than a 100 years ago now a century later we're still dealing with the aftermath of. the scientist from the home center for ocean research and killed wants to shed light on the subject. with the help of these autonomous underwater vehicles he wants to get a better idea of the exact locations and quantities of munitions dump it to the ocean. it's a systematic survey of explosive waste sites in the oceans and the 1st of its kind

that mission is crucial. i think her mission is soon ports not before because it's meant that we finally started to compile a comprehensive infantry of munitions and look emotions where they were so you wouldn't want to leak so much. in late summer toxicologist out of the back to investigate the danger posed by explosive devices underwater. the risk of them suddenly exploding is one thing even more hazardous other harmful substances they release as they corrode. and not to concentrations. these substances can be cost an agenda explains professor adman masa head of toxicology in kenya. government and i'm at the base and we expect more and more of these explosives to spread through the scene like the mayor is it more the grenades or mines rust there are more substances are released into the environment than of us on this all we

need to monitor this closely with us so we don't end up in a situation where certain fish are safe you can become too contaminated through the veil which is good but it's who opens it up to the shop for bread. along the entire german coast scientists have already been able to detect traces of explosives in the water. here in the bay of li back they are using muscles to investigate the level of contamination of the baltic sea is only about 20 meters deep and there are . in the past 4 years a lot of munitions were swept under the proverbial brugge here. several months earlier muscles were placed at various locations some closer to 9 munition sites some further away i. just found in the box this is where the muscles are the older ones are attached to the cord the younger ones on the books that's pretty much the whole. muscles felt

in nutrients out of the seawater by passing it through their bodies. that makes them ideally suited to help detect talks in. the test found evidence of compounds typical of explosives in the muscles and in the water samples . the banks of do not explosions we found are still a trace levels and christopher no we don't have to worry about consuming fish from the baltic or muscles from the b. if you get what somebody wants a consumer but the problem is grain west. on the expeditions into the baltic sea 3 such as with the end dry net spared no ethernet. the hazardous waste from the war has not only had a major impact on the environment it has also come at a considerable cost to locate it and carry it away but findings show the agence he of doing just that. gets you to make and have plenty of food to send video footage

as well as images from the underwater vehicle is who have documented what's really down there is that the old. ticking time bombs on the seabed that no real secret. or. that findings have shown we can keep pretending they are. watching ships is always fun but for europe schick it's more than just a past time that's because he also sees more than passing ships since the bosphorus in istanbul leads to the black sea and is a gateway to the mediterranean for russia and also because in some places it is just 700 meters or about 2000 feet wide that means that when a foreign warship passes through europe would be sure to know about it.

this man looks like any other tourist on a ferry taking in the sights of istanbul. but you took this ship is actually observing the ships roughly $50000.00 pass through the bosphorus each year nothing special for most observers but for him each ship tells a story. for example freight ships like this one often travel to the crimean peninsula that russia has an extravagant i'm interested in what's going on. they really had it where they say they are do they really have the cognitive they say they have 30 you're good for film of the false verses one of the most important streets in the world connecting the black sea with the mediterranean it's 30 kilometers of always fleet an important rule in the push and pull between the world's great powers. access to the black sea

is important to nato and it's also important for russia to have access to the west to the engine and mediterranean sea we're talking about maybe i was just a few days later who should choose as an example when tensions last truce between russia and ukraine russian warships pass through the bosphorus on their way to the black sea. he then discovered a cargo ship that he believes was transporting me to military equipment to a romanian port in the black sea. when he returns home he rushes to post his discoveries and photos on twitter. there's a whole community of sponsors around the world. what they point to it can be quite sensational at times. you know to floria the fact that russia was planning to intervene in the syrian conflict 1st became clear for me crazed number of naval ships in the bosphorus i was able to record it

. just how they were equipped on deck apart from the russian naval ships there were also civilian cargo ships we were able to prove they were transporting weapons to syria part is the czech then so really gives you a little bit. apart from arms smuggling. who runs his own consultancy analyzing maritime tippity has also observed shipments of illegal waste or animals being transported in inhumane conditions. he says it's not spying because the information is freely accessible. he's also not scared of getting into trouble at least not yet. we want to kid get them a lot of turkeys going through a difficult phase when it comes to freedom of opinion that. i share my observations openly on twitter net but i try to refrain from making any political judgement income all roun just haven't been in the kind of

a minimal amount. of courses apartment also has a few across the bosphorus and he stays in touch with other sponsors 247. with the book we don't have to warn each other in advance if it saves somewhere i know roughly when it should arrive here. i know how fast the different models travel humans can be as i shall you got to begin who's in the videos. from his perch europe the ship should we be watching the next time history unfolds at his doorstep. china is expanding its economic influence here in europe and for those people who have come here to flee the chinese state that influence can really feel like a threat as it does for this man from tibet he didn't want to tell us his real name but he's part.