this is it reduced the line for growing tensions the conflict between israel and the palestinians moves into a fist night thousands of israeli reservists are on the stand by for a possible invasion of gaza as the israeli airstrikes continue to pound hamas targets and israel's prime minister warns the conflict is far from over and mideast under arrest sparks anti israel demonstrations in cities worldwide here in germany vandalism prompts an official warning that anti semitic protests won't be tolerated

. one thing telling them days of meeting long battle with. guiding you in the. past will figure out that for months then this event is influence there is become a virtual lifeline for people in need of help during a deadly 2nd wave of kono virus infection. on the way of iraq thank you very much for your company everyone we open our broadcast with the war between israel and palestinian militants which is lighting up the skies for the 5th night running israeli jets have continued to pound hamas targets and thousands of reservists are now on standby for a possible ground invasion of gaza already the death toll is mounting palestinian president mahmoud. boss is condemning what he calls brutal and programmed killings

meanwhile israel's prime minister is warning that hamas will pay a heavy price for launching rocket attacks. to a family of 6 like dead in gaza distraught mourners gathered to say good bye to their relatives say they died late at night their home bombed by israeli planes with them inside. a metal pipe rather rafah was at home may god have mercy on him with his wife and 4 children without any warning 5 rockets destroyed their building his wife was pregnant. israeli forces have been pounding the palestinian territory with artillery they have deployed thousands of soldiers to the border who could enter gaza for the 1st time since 2014. as the conflict intensifies hour by hour gazans are fleeing their homes with

whatever they can carry some have come to the school run by the un in search of a safe place. to another one of the lucky that we were planning to leave during the night but drones and jets kept bombing us at dawn we started moving and ran to the schools our children were screaming they wanted to get away when we woke up we found everything behind us destroyed there's nothing left you know anything about what and when our. and many israelis too are living in fear just north of gaza the city of us cologne has been hit repeatedly by hamas rockets. it has been very stressful but we are following the government's instructions we have faith in the army and our creator with the. casualties mount on both sides here in gaza hospitals are. under severe strain from covert 19 and the

fighting doctors are worried it will only get worse from here i'd like to turn now to date of the jerusalem correspondent time yeah kramer tanya we understand that israeli forces have conducted air and ground attacks on gaza what more can you tell us. well the scene of built up the military build up around the gaza strip so that pos days but for now still the focus of the israeli army seems to be on concerted strikes from and the naval and navy and artillery. particularly last night this was a very massive adam boulton campaign also by the a tillery and from the navy in specially in the noise and goes this gaza strip the army has said to deploy 160 jite of fighter jets and targeting what they called a tunnel system used by hamas and islamic jihad andrea have to impression that i

mean today again it was a bit more quiet during the day but it has picked up the rocket barrages came in waves and also the as trucks have continued of course this comes as an immense devastation for the residents to specially dowels and this northern area of the gaza strip and i talked to someone there on the sun today said they're hunkering down at home but that many of the neighbors have left as you've seen and to report to look for a kind of safe place which doesn't really exist in gaza what is the situation tanya in occupied west bank. we seen today across the occupied west bank protests and demonstrations by mainly by young palestinians there's a lot of anger and frustration some came out in solidarity of what happened but what is happening in gaza so some of the use they read throwing molotov cocktails

stones and of the objects and the israeli army responded with tear gas rubber bullets and some knife minissha and now the ministry of house and my mother has said that at least 9 people 9 protesters were killed and several hundreds injured now this comes of course as a davy's for dave which is a reminder of how many students of the force displacement $9048.00. commemorating this on saturday and of course we also will have funerals tomorrow so some more protests and demonstrations at that point i did have a correspondent to turn to crime reporting there from jerusalem and there's also growing tension on israel so northern border with lebanon lebanese state media report a protester was killed while trying to cross the frontier he was one of a group of protesters who gathered near the border in support of the palestinian cause the israeli army says it fired warning shots when people try to cross

a security fence the border region has been on edge with palestinian militants firing rockets into israel. and say the very latest on these developments to be a correspondence that has on some on is in beirut lebanon resigned what more can you tell us about the violence along the border. there are says tensions at the borders after this is really troops charged civilian live at least a 1000000000 how much the han who died few hours later due to his injury and it is an armed forces are working hand in hand with the u.n. peacekeepers troops and to evacuate the area near the border to contain the situation there are intermissions circulating on social media and on lebanese media outlets that there are 3 other put esther's who have been injured. by

shots after they try to cross what is know to be the blue line which is a border demarcation that was published by the un you peacekeepers in 2006 after that had been is really war. there are also caused by lebanese parties and their activists for a large protest to take place tomorrow add that it is border and there are fears of growing escalation numbers on lebanon is going through a very very difficult time how likely is it that the country will be drawn into the israeli palestinian unrest. well it is and it is very unlikely to have a military expert in between lebanon and israel as some sources told they don't have any office and they do it and the un peacekeepers troops are working hand in hand with there that have been his armed forces to contain this situation as ari dimensions and they are working to enhance the security in the areas near the

border to avoid any further violence and loss of life. correspondents in beirut lebanon thank you. and a visual against anti semitism has been held in galson cure him in western germany earlier this week demonstrators shouted anti jewish slogans outside the city synagogue but today supporters rallied in solidarity with jewish communities police estimate that around 300 people took part as spokesman for chancellor angela merkel says germany won't tolerate anti semitic protests after recent anti israel demonstrations in a number of cities where israeli flags were burned and crowds shouted anti-semitic slogans. so what measures are being taken to ensure the safety of jewish communities here in germany a question that did only use put it earlier to felix klein the german government

commissioner on anti semitism. well it's appalling to see that this kind of hatred is expressed towards german jew was and the synagogues here in germany to make them responsible for acts of the israeli government this is not acceptable at all and of course the police and security or authorities or very well the situations are also there to curate the midget's for the synagogues and jewish institutions in in germany have been enforced and i hope that any perpetrator who commits anti-semitic crimes will be. will be charged and will be held responsible for what's being done. let's bring history there was some of the other stories making headlines around the world in the u.s. the family of a black man killed by police in columbus ohio will receive a $10000000.00 settlement from city authorities andre hill was shot dead last

december as he emerged from a garage carrying a smartphone the police officer was discharged from the force probes into the shooting are ongoing. you more republicans in the u.s. house of representatives have elected a lease staff think to their leadership the 36 year old new york congresswoman is an ardent supporter of donald trump she succeeds liz cheney as the 3rd most senior republican cheney was ousted earlier this week after criticizing trump's continued false claims of election fraud. facebook has lost its fight to block a data privacy probe into its business dealings arlen's high court has ruled the probe can resume well it could result in facebook having to stop transferring data from the european union to the u.s. something we company says would and could devastate its business.

to lay is gary up for elections this weekend to pick a special assembly that will draft a new constitution well the existing a charter dates back decades to the autocratic rule of general a goose of pinochet mass protests back in 2900 spurred the initiative the constitutional conventions 155 delegates will have a year to draft a new text. now while some parts of the world are opening up again as vaccinations increase that's not true everywhere in kenya the vaccine rollout has been slow hampered by a shortage of doses corruption and fear of the job a punishing lockdowns continue making daily life even harder deity's maria miller. thank you paris where a group is sick with worry for her mother she can't afford to buy her medicine since she lost her job due to call but 19. me i feel is

a go along the way i think the government should stop closing out these jobs that we do if there were closing up and giving people food that would be good but now they close up without support but it's us poor people who suffered absolutely. so look at us sitting on me aside. the people who suffer the most under the coronavirus restrictions are residents like paris and her mother they live in math our one of their own prison for most of us they depend on their daily work and income and i hardly able to say if any money thank god was. i cry for my children that they get an education and they don't fall asleep hungry since the pandemic started they went to bed hungry so many times you are not out of the night curfews and forced by the police were feared another extrajudicial killings or disappearances by the police happen regularly it has become worse because of covert 19 and one boy says come of jews in the let me die with the other day i was out

getting my medicine around curfew time we were running away and i fell the police threatened to beat me i told him don't dare to beat me arrest me he just said to you grandma go home. because you know it's cases like this that make people angry according to local activists 167 people were allegedly killed or disappeared by the police last year despite a ban on political gatherings due to the pandemic social justice groups take to the streets they protest against the impact of the covert 19 measures and police brutality i do not that much as you want but to hospitals we want better education we want clean water we want better housing. suddenly we have to interrupt the interview because the police fire has to go. comes to talk to us. people yes say that the covert measures like killing them because they're not able to put food on the table they're not able to go to the hospital and also write rape

and crime has gone up they say the police was very intolerant towards this protest because of their covert restrictions they just fire tear gas and they actually hit me here on my leg. the challenges of reporting from here one thing i can muster people feel like they're being choked and one boy doesn't know how to afford a new inhaler she suffers from asthma hypertension and arthritis she's however more worried about her grandchildren. but. even now i was just about to borrow $100.00 chilling support so we got lunch. in the ski when i speak about these things i cry for whom this boy was supposed to go back to school today even that i needed to buy senator a papers books and pencil i can only cry to god for help so that the boy can go to school and that is good to do and. as well of parts of the world slowly had to what normal for millions in kenya the pandemic just keeps on making harder every day.

and where the number of covered 900 factions has topped 24000000 more than 4000 deaths have been recorded for the 3rd consecutive day the government is facing harsh criticism of its handling of the crisis and there are now widespread shortages of oxygen and medical supplies hospitals karma tori amos and mortuaries are all overwhelmed and in many areas social media has become a lifeline for people who feel they've been abandoned. to look up a lot of months ago she's daily routine looked a lot different. being a digital content creator how do you mostly involved learning what to post on instagram handle. known for humorous style she has amassed a big following on social media and has a reputation as an influencer but this acquired a different meaning as

a 2nd leave of course at 19 india suddenly she and other influences like her became of virtual lifeline for those in need of urgent medical 8 week i know found ourselves in this situation unwittingly people did not know where to go we didn't our have helpline number there or you know when they're not even if they were they weren't efficient enough to handle so many. people are if with but like i've. we had i thought the quest started with 2 or 3 i'd be. and went on to 20 a day and i am at one point with a 100 or 200 a day she says the requests began with appeals for help in finding oxygen or hospital beds and soon went on to desperate pleas for plows ma crucial medicines and eventually primitive orients and burgle grounds which could accommodate more covert victims' bodies she kept amplifying these messages connecting those who

needed help with those who could provide help. she adds that the reason people started reaching out to them with due to the absence of support from government authorities who seem to have bungled their response to the corona virus outbreak over the past few years social media has emerged as a powerful communication tool in a country with hundreds of millions of users but the 2nd we have brought forth its immense potential to provide urgent time sensitive assistance during moments of crisis and it's not just content creators who have stepped in to assist the 2nd wave of kuwait has seen other public figures using social media platforms especially twitter to connect with and help those in need. cian of us the who heads the youth wing of the biggest opposition political party has gained recognition for this coverage relief work in the country he says for him and his team of volunteers social media has proved invaluable in the fight against the virus because of the

reach it could provide the mobile people lead a medium which would respond quickly and immediately coordinate their request. on social media you can add all the slate location quarterbacked information medical reports in one go which makes it easier for our team here to coordinate their why she may not have the same resources as stream of us she the pros to providing help is similar to the influencer along with a group of content creators runs a one to a group which works on providing verified leads and oxygen and other necessities to do all sending in distress to quests at this point in time there is a really normal. influence. that forms then this. she says this experience has made her realise just how much different social media can make through her work she has been filling a whited gap in india's overburdened health care system dunning her from

a media influence to a real life saver. when i bring up to speed now as some of the other stories in the headlines right now concerns are growing in the u.k. over the spread of the current virus variants 1st detected in india officials say it has now reached most regions of britain promised more shots and says large down restrictions will still be eased on monday as planned the government is aiming to get more vaccine doses to the worst affected areas. greece says reopened for tourists visitors from you countries and others including britain the u.s. and israel can now enter if they have been vaccinated or tested negative for over 19 greece depends heavily on tourism and is kick starting its summer season. pope francis has added 2 week or a civil war over at least population decline the pope is calling for financial

incentives to encourage young people to stay in italy and their families prime minister mario that i gave as warned against the economic impact of the birthrate. authorities in india are investigating the death of a herd of wild elephants in a northeastern forest reserve local officials believe the 18 animals will kill file late but conservationists suspect they may have been poisoned. now this building behind me a looks like a nuclear power station that's according to britain's prince charles but in fact it's london's national theatre it's a classic example of brutal ism a no frills architectural style popular in the 1960 s. and seventy's were often called bleak and institutional many such buildings are at risk of demolition including this former laboratory in berlin that you see behind me thousands of people have signed now a petition to rescue it from the bulldozers are part of

a growing movement to preserve the city's architectural history. the architecture style known as brutal ism can be described as monumental colorless and inhuman. edifices tend to polarize to some their eyesores while others a growing number of architecture aficionados the world over are rediscovering burleson. findon book to listen most of us i find british lism so fascinating because it's so antagonistic and controversial on the one hand the buildings are written off as ugly and many of them do take some getting used to. but once you look behind the scenes and begin to understand why these structures look the way they do it's a whole architectural coast most open as. you take to an issue across most. this is a 17 story apartment block in berlin was designed in 1057 by french swiss architect

. the man who coined the term brutal as an architect or historian and photographer felix torker sees it as one of the city's principal examples of the style. the building with its 530 apartments has been called a machine for a living. nicole museum was unable to carry out his plans for the interior but this one apartment was later remodeled to reproduce the architect original idea it's based on his color theories they're called breezy granted color the same importance as the floor plan and layout hendrix pedler and bought the apartment and most of its furnishings. we were not going to change the colors of his apartment never this like a house of cards everything can just fall down if you if searching too much. also left unchanged since the late 1970 s. the czech embassy building in downtown berlin the architect even designed the lamps

tables and armchairs. recently a british publisher put out a series of city guides focusing on brutal as a felix toy car curated the berlin edition increasing support for brutal is among social media have put a hold on some demolition plans including at this former animal testing lab nicknamed the mouse bunker in the 960 s. when these buildings were planned a great number of structures from the mid to late 19th century were torn down buildings that we think of fabulous today and a horrified at how much beautiful old architecture has been lost at the time many of them were only around 60 years old exactly the same age as these buildings are today so we have to think about whether or not we want to repeat the same mistakes . all the while new conquer. buildings are going up in the neo brutalist style this berlin apartment building called the low block has already won several awards.

its unfinished look was meant not only to be stylish but to reduce construction costs and to keep rents down. more than 6 decades after it hit the scene brutalist architecture still polarizes and fascinates people today. now for no one has been cancelled because of the turkish campione cove in $1000.00 concerns their race was only included in the calendar 2 weeks ago as a replacement for the scrap canadian concrete and now it too is gone it will be replaced by a 2nd event in austria new travel restrictions are behind the latest cancellation. and as a consequence of the olympics tokyo organizers held a test event for skateboarding and sports set to make its debut at the summer games

only japanese skaters took part and no spectators were allowed most athletes want the olympics to go ahead and to skate boarders are no different to over 1000 precautions included mandatory mass querrey and social distancing to skateboarding competitions are scheduled for the games. now 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 saw 4 and a half 1000000000 year old media michel wright is going on this play at london's natural history museum if fell from a fireball and was found on a driveway in southern england scientists say the relic could hold a clue to the history of the universe and life on earth. great stuff right now the top story that we're tracking for you this hour israel is massing troops on the border with gaza and calling up thousands of reservists out

of a possible ground invasion of the hamas ruled territory overnight the israeli air force stepped up strikes on gaza as hamas launched over 800 rockets into israel. coming up next i'll take you through the day don't forget you can stay up to date with all the latest headlines by the to our web site that is either we have come and you can follow us on twitter and instagram at the dominion somewhat ironic see in a moment. the

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