destroyed there is nothing left but you know the head of the new album out and the from now on. and many israelis 2 are living in fear just north of gaza the city of ask alone has been hit repeatedly by hamas rockets. that it has been very stressful but we're following the government's instructions we have faith in the army and our creator clovis said. casualties mount on both sides here in gaza hospitals are under severe strain from covert 19 and the fighting and doctors are worried it will only get worse from here. for more on the humanitarian situation in gaza let's bring in mathias nala he's gaza director of the un relief and works agency responsible for the welfare of palestinian refugees and he joins us from gaza city welcome sir give us

a sense of the humanitarian situation in gaza right now. good afternoon to you from gaza well there's different aspects to this one ready that talks about which is people on the move we have found out during the course of today that almost 10000 people have sold or safety from the fighting in over 20 over all schools so mon priority now of course is to properly the system but it's already important that they are in a safe place as in in a u.n. building a 2nd element you also touched on which is the rising human cost of this among the $100.00 dead we have 8 children who went to woodrow schools a colleague of mine had her sister and a daughter of the sister killed in an air strike now this of course adds to the layers of mental health problems depression psychological impact that 3 wars the great much as all return the cold crisis and now is having in general there is

really a mood all of being and feeling terrorized and despair at what's happening yesterday was the 1st day of of the month of ramadan and instead of celebrating many people are wondering where's the next bomb going to fly and. i know many gazans have sought shelter in un run schools can you tell us about the conditions there and one of the things i can't get out of my mind is this is all happening in one of the most densely populated areas in the world. indeed so we have a number of school sadly prepared after the 2014 experience to have people stay there for some time prepared meaning proper sanitary facilities solar energy. water supplies so we're trying to make sure that all of that is in place and

activated one big warry because you mentioned overcrowding in this densely populated gaza strip is of course the colbert crisis you know having hundreds of people stay in the same place is a serious risk for a further outbreak a 3rd wave of the coral my crisis so we are also looking into how can we at least provide some basic care protected material hand and this kind of stuff so you are absolutely right the overcrowded and this adds to the problems that are being caused by the war and to that point we have to think about the hospitals there how are hospitals coping at this point. my understanding is barely the u.n. doesn't run hospitals but i earlier this afternoon met senior officials from the ministry of health and bay said for 'd the moment they are coping they are able to absorb somehow. including those that need i.c.u. intensive care unit beds but they were very clear if this continues and if the

casualty or the casualty figures the numbers of people in jug rise if there were a ground invasion that is being spread. they would see very soon reach their capacity to further aspect of this is an electricity there's only enough fuel at the moment to run the power up on through the weekend if that were to stop then of course the hospitals would also suffer mr small i imagine that there is a very long list too to answer the next question i have for you but what do you civilians in gaza need most right now. well this may my 1st part of this answer may seem very obvious it's peace you know it's for the killing to stop and i really mean that i think the biggest contribution that can be made is for the international community to get the parties to stop this insanity there will then be needs around of course of those who have lost homes to help them

get back home there will be some humanitarian needs but i think the main one will really be shouting or homes the biggest need from my perspective will be twofold one is to support people in dealing with trauma psychosocial support and then i there's no doubt in my mind if this doesn't lead to a serious political process that opens up avenues for a more dignified life for the people here we'll be back in the situation in 3 to 6 months. that is mathias gaza director of the un relief and works agency responsible for the welfare of palestinian refugees i thank you very much sir thank you. and we should also mention that there's also a growing contention on israel's northern border with lebanon state media is reporting a protester died while trying to cross the frontier it was one of

a small group of protesters who gathered near the border in support of the palestinian cause the israeli army says it fired warning shots when people tried to cross the security fence separating the 2 nations the border region has been on edge with hezbollah militants firing rockets into israel on thursday. a vigil against anti semitism has been held in in western germany earlier this week demonstrators shouted anti jewish slogans and burnt israeli flags outside the city's synagogue but today supporters rallied in solidarity with the jewish community police estimate that around 300 people took part spokesman for chancellor angela merkel says germany will not tolerate anti-semitic protests after recent anti israel demonstrations and a number of cities. joining us now is nicole who was

at the rally against anti semitism in the gathering is over now but tell us what the scene was like. yes well the gathering is over because there was a rainstorm and everybody basically left the vigil but there were about $300.00 people here at the time so and the organizers also said the people who the crowd gathered here on wednesday to protest against. the slogans and anti semitic. they were basically 100 about 100 people and so the number who gathered here to show solidarity with the jewish community here and get on with actually much larger so yeah and unfortunately it was cut short by the rains you talk to people in the crowd would they tell you. well many people i mean many people from a few from from

a few cities around but so they mainly said that they would that they were. just here to show solidarity and that they were against hate speech against anti-semitism and that they were very shocked by what they said that they especially some people said that they hoped never to see attacks on synagogues again. and so there was a lot of kind of diety and i also spoke to the chairperson of the jewish community . and she was. she basically said they had never experienced something like that here. before and but they were very pleased with the show of solidarity that came from the people from the city. and from the people around here and right now i mean the square is empty but there the police are still here so the police guarding synagogues in different cities around germany especially the cities

where attacks happened where israeli flags were burned and some cities where stones were thrown at synagogues so. yeah so but all in all it. was a short but. peaceful kind of protest. reporting from gholson tuition really appreciate it. now for some other news making headlines around the world this hour concern is growing in the u.k. over the spread of the corona virus variant 1st detected in india officials say the variant has now reached most regions of britain the government is preparing to significantly ease lock down restrictions despite low infection rates germany will classify the u.k. as a risk area beginning sunday. at least 12 people have been killed in an explosion at a mosque in the afghan capital kabul worshipers gathered for friday prayers on the 2nd day of the holiday

a ceasefire is in place between taliban insurgents and the afghan government authorities in india are investigating the death of a herd of wild elephants in a north eastern force reserves local officials believe the 18 animals were killed by lightning but conservationists suspect they may have been poisoned. formula one has cancelled the turkish grand prix overcovered 19 concerns the race was only included in the calendar 2 weeks ago as a replacement for the canadian grand prix and now it too has gone it will be replaced by a 2nd event in austria new travel restrictions or behind the latest cancellation. a cancel the tokyo olympics petition has been submitted to the tokyo government adding even more pressure on leaders to reconsider having the games this summer

over 350000 people signed the online petition below so be sent to the international olympic committee a strong majority of japanese citizens want the olympics canceled or perspire but the tokyo organizing committee has repeatedly said the games will start asking on july 23rd. and a rare find from the outer reaches of the solar system is set to be a star attraction when museums reopen in england next week this 4 and a half 1000000000 year old meteorite is going on display at london's natural history museum that fell from a fireball and was found on a driveway in southern england scientists say the relic could hold clues to the history of the universe and life on earth. coming up next all the latest on the pandemic in october 1000 special don't forget you can stay up

to date with all the latest headlines of our website that's dot com and do follow us on twitter and instagram at news i'm michael local here in berlin for me in the entire new stream thanks so much for watching. the fight against the coronavirus 10 damage. has the rate of infection in developing what does the latest research say. information and contacts around a virus update 19 special. on t w. i was issued when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in a room. it was hard i was free. i even got white hair and

. head. this keeps me and they the community to look into the fight you want to know their story. it's fighting and reliable information for margaret. down the carpet 19 pandemic. deciding how close to get someone. holding back. can be a question of mind. is a real and they communicated subconsciously through body language.

considering how. well the coronavirus has robbed us of our most meaningful ways to connect with each other it's a little sad it can be stressful to having to take so much into consideration every time you leave the perceived safety of your own 4 walls. the coronavirus has turned the world upside down how has it affected us since the lock down in march researchers from the university of basel have been using cameras to document how we adapt to daily life how we behave and how we act and moved during the pandemic. i must constantly decide with my body where to stand and these micro decisions the bodily movements should i sit here 5 centimeters federal way these are the things that we are recording these are.

since the pandemic began our body language has gained new meaning every day behavior is suddenly risky must be renegotiated or even dropped a lot of nonverbal communication is going on between us all the time. and sure there is a good exe. sample of how they have placing themselves naturally in a way in which they can also take their distance and these are micro decisions that he will make constantly. where studying the activity of paper distancing themselves how they really do it marmont by moment and one second day times smart from. a few days later the experts analyze their findings at the university of basel they discuss and try to interpret every dialogue every action and every tiny bodily movement that's one scene at

a time image by image. he wants to work from. the findings from the 100 hours of video material should one day help to better understand humans are social beings the coronavirus pandemic is almost a stroke of luck for this unique research project. we've hardly had 2 waves now what is really going to happen will there be if there are a 4th wave constants how they were changes that will remain in the long run. that's what's interesting about human interactions. they've already discovered one thing in basle we constantly adapt our interactions to a given risk situation and we do it quickly that's a finding that could also benefit coronavirus strategies understanding how people really tick can help devise rules and measures that people will actually follow.

let's talk more in. that report has 19 fundamentally changed the way humans interact with each. yes of course it seems to have changed. things now in order to understand these changes i think we have cool to think about social interaction as even though it might seem a bit caught think sometimes as having it's all organizational it's all on her and what could be just as is the arrival of a lot of external norms. for prevention for errors. why don't. they change but those are the problem. is that sometimes these measures. in school. and doggedness organic or other are and this is why i'm fascinating

things that we're looking are. i mean. what about cultural differences as in the germans are getting way too close to me often invading my personal space . enjoying having older space because of the pandemic. yes culture of variation is a is a big. uncertain these you can make things easy for certain kinds of groups rather than others if you did the examples that we have studied in. college and pushed to meetings are usually are. but if you look at. functional aspects you will see that each culture has the same problems to solve we. receive cross filling and.

organizing the entry in the racks from you know who are unique and when so those are the kind of basic principles. things in a way make make it possible. for months in which they make is made possible mind the subject of huge variation and so if you will if you will you'll be rather in your culture a happy former school parlance waiting. which means you need to act to close the distance you might have more difficulties. for months hamas will. end of the day and we're all looking to how severe is the impact of social distancing on human connection. yeah you know sort of science is we're pretty critical of the notion of sort of the least something because what we are witnessing with cooley that is a physicalist which is not what it is and not. is

of course a social aspect it has a cultural aspect but we have to think about the fact that. is variable into how a lot of their activities that are naturally the systems all are. and the problem with colby is that we have these measures. at 2 meters. of these firms which are perfectly implementable for 7 activities much less 4 orders and the decision how to implement these measures. of this is a let people locally and then generate interest in the. normal dynamics people. at some stage so this is going to be. some of this. well of course if you will to say their response is going into different directions one is that it could be there's

been i heard that theory experience for us a scientist. isn't about what is fundamental in sociality we want so we want our tool normal. and you know weigh those values where in these people before and probably does made us. conscious of but there are also all the things that have emerged during the whole of it could be there's been a natural laboratory for experimenting and there are not 2 forms of social life and some of the most we. thank you very much. thank you. time to answer more of your questions now to our science correspondent eric williams. how with a pandemic and. only when the entire world has facts and they did. when

it comes to predicting the future really your guess is as good as mine but if i did have to hazard one i'd say there are a couple of scenarios to choose from the 1st and least likely in my opinion is that will somehow manage to begin coordinating efforts on a hitherto unheard of scale to stymie new outbreaks before they can spend out of control like they have already in country after country any return to anything like a prepared demick normal at least on a global scale will require speeding up and extending vaccine drives in every corner of the planet now and not later and of course the virus would have to play along by not mutating too quickly or or dramatically so soon imaginable scenario one that

a lot of epidemiologists think isn't going to happen. more likely they say is that vaccines won't stop $1000.00 transmission completely but they will slow it in many places and off to manage the virus like we manage other diseases just think hiv aids or or measles in that scenario sars could be too would become endemic and possibly seasonal like the flu and would have to be held in check by active measures like like regular vaccine updates and as yet undeveloped medications people would continue to be infected by it and continue to die from it but but over time as large fractions of populations acquire some degree of immunity for at least a while through infection or vaccines a lot of experts think that disease could grow less deadly at least at this is

science scales so instead of thinking about when the pandemic will end to me it now makes more sense to formulate this question as when we get back to something approaching prepared demick normalcy and i think that could happen by the end of the summer in some places like here in europe and many others barring new developments i expect it to take several years that's my guess. finally the games get underway in tokyo in a couple months and organizers have been trying out one of the newest additions skateboarding athletes met at a sports poc to show off their tricks no spectators strict hygiene measures though to keep covert of bay concerns about hosting the big event continue to grow 350000

people signed to petition the president of the olympic committee officially. all edged the petition says the committee takes any concern seriously it's unclear though if they'll be any changes to get us. thanks for watching and stay safe i'll see you again very soon here on the gulf of life.

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