this is day deborah here is live from berlin and the conflict between israel and hamas militants intensifies after a day of deadly violence. rockets are fired from gaza after israeli war jets pound hamas targets and on the grounds tower blocks and homes the levels there follows some of the fires to the fighting seen in the west bank for decades also on the program china lands a spacecraft on the red planet for the 1st time the latest bold step in its

burgeoning space program. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program the death toll has risen in the escalating conflict between israel and hamas militants palestinian medics say at least 12 people died overnight in a new wave of israeli air strikes against targets in gaza among them was said to be 7 members of a family at a refugee camp near gaza city palestinian president mahmoud abbas is condemning what he calls brutal and programmed killings but israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is warning hamas will pay a heavy price for launching the rocket attacks that spot the conflicts $5.00 days ago thousands of israeli reservists are now on standby for a possible ground invasion of gaza. in an instant

a 6 story building is reduced to rubble. all throughout the day and into the night . explosions reverberated through gaza city as israel intensified its onslaught against hamas. as the conflict escalates hour by hour gazans are fleeing their homes with whatever they can carry some have come to this school run by the un in search of a safe place. 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 and our children were screaming they wanted to get away when we woke up we found everything behind us destroyed there's nothing left in the end of the new album lot of. and many israelis too are living in fear. just north of gaza the city of ashkelon

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. gaza is not israel's only front in an intensifying conflict in the west bank tensions new highs as palestinians exchanged rocks and gunfire with israeli soldiers for the 1st time this week palestinians died in numbers on the streets of the territory. the united states has sent a diplomat to try and broker a cease fire between israel and hamas. but as flames and fighting spread across the holy land peace seems like a distant prospect. and as this latest conflict rages palestinians are marking an older one saturday is now but day also known as the catastrophe it

commemorates the displacement of hundreds of thousands of palestinian arabs during the 1st arab israeli war which began on this day in 19488 years sees protests around the globe calling for the recognition of palestinian nation heard. when britain officially withdrew from palestine in may 948 jewish leaders announced the creation of a new state to be known as israel. to many palestinians though the day is known as nakba also called the palestinian catastrophe what followed was a bloody conflict between arab states and israel and for palestinians the memory of displacement never forgotten for them is a day rooted in historical tragedy but its symbolism is still felt strongly today with the fight for statehood still ongoing. many palestinians hope by

continuing to assert their culture they will keep the collective sense of nationhood alive and potentially undo the naacp. the day is normally marked with demonstrations not just in the palestinian territories but all over the world. at times the events have turned into confrontations with israeli security forces. but the recent unrest sparked by the potential conviction of palestinians from their farms by israeli authorities who add more fuel to the fire for those commemorating this day. and now for some other news making headlines around the world chile is gearing up for elections this weekend to choose a special assembly that will draft a new constitution the existing chanted dates back decades to the autocratic rule of just finishing mass protests back in 29 tame spurred the initiative the constitutional conventions 155 delegates will have a year to draft

a new text. heavy rains in brazil calls flooding in towns along the amazon river the city of man hour is under a state of emergency and some 20000 people have been forced to leave their homes scientists say this is flooding is far more severe than what's more only expected during the rainy season. colombian oath already has a warning that anti-government protests threaten to prolonging a devastating 3rd wave of the crown a virus pandemic on friday confirmed deaths from cover 19 past 80000 and hospital wards are full but the protests is undeterred they say little has been done about another death toll that of demonstrators shot by security forces they will have been taking to the straits of cali to demand. these demonstrators in cali are headed for the pan-american highway. to blockade one of colombia's most important trade routes. their protests have met

fierce resistance including being shot at. organizers say the justice system has shown no interest in investigating the shooting. deaths so far we have not been informed about any investigation. also nothing about our people who have gone missing or about the women raped by police officials. the state doesn't listen it's a dictatorship that's oppressing the people more and more. human rights activists have joined in. organizers see them as a way to increase visibility for their cause. young. people

ask us to help so that the international community contributes. we need the international community to contribute so that life is respected in this country. during this absolutely dignified struggle for justice in. that struggle has cost the lives of almost 50 people in recent weeks according to human rights activists in this county neighborhood people offer evidence of the violence they faced. they claim that security forces shoot at them with live ammunition and point to these bullet holes as proof. that. this little hole was caused by these things the police shoot at us. they insist that they shoot rubber bullets but look at this. as. what started as a rally against tax reform has turned into more than 2 weeks of protests.

it's threatening the political order with calls for the president's resignation growing louder. china has landed a spacecraft on mas the latest step in its increasingly ambitious space program the chinese robot will stay in atlanta for a few days of tests before it officially begins exploring the red planet the rover has yet to send back any images from oz but here's the story of how it got there and what the probe hopes to find out. the unmanned spacecraft take honey towards mars at more than 10 times the speed of sound it kept this velocity entered into the planet's atmosphere but within a few minutes the air resistance slowed the pro-gun enough so that its parachute opened safely. deploying the parachute reduced its speed even more when the spacecraft reached an altitude of one and

a half kilometers the parachute automatically detached and then the braking system kicked in and it was designed to gently guide the probe to the surface of mars. rover on board will explore an icy area of mars known as utopia punish shia it was formed by the violent impact of an asteroid about 4000000000 years ago past space probes have discovered a large amount of frozen water under the surface here an enormous layer of ice lies only a few meters below the surface with a radar device can precisely measure the underground ice there over was named after the chinese got a fire 8 days after landing when diagnostic tests are done it will go into action for its scientific measurements but you're wrong has 6 and tremendous onboard one uses laser beams to examine the elements in big rock nasa's to mars robots have

similar high tech equipment onboard even though now says research takes years jerome's mission will be short for 3 months the rover will explore the surface of mars. just measure its magnetic field and study the properties of weathered martian rock the probe will then forward the collected data back to the ground station and china this information will not be available to international markets research as is usually the case critics are unhappy about china's plans to withhold the data. and it's back to earth now before the pandemic venice was overrun with tourists and wanted to restrict their numbers now though it has a very different problem empty streets and waterways in a city that depends on tourism they have max and the reports on how venice is looking to strike the right balance as a reopens for business. a gondola ride is probably the most romantic

experience you can have here in venice even for veteran motorists you. move up or so when we take someone with a story we try to make them live the dream. he is one of the city's roughly $600.00 s. usually carlotta would do 3 tours a day but the pen demick has practically run him out of business. from october to now i've only done one ride in this city just came out of a lockdown but said mark's square is still eerily quiet the world famous coffee remains closed during the week over the years venice became almost entirely dependent on tourism and the condemn it with its travel restrictions and lockdowns further laid bare the issue these cafe is here once popular tourist destinations are not closed due to a lack of customers but now there seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel though nobody really knows how exactly and when tourism will restart. some have

hopes that a new start will bring changes that it was otto is an activist with vanessa dot com the group installed this counter in the window of a pharmacy to help publicize the declining number of residents 50965 the actual number of people citizens living today here in venice that's 30 people less than a week before over tourism has been driving people out of the city but the problem is more complicated than that it's a very strange situation we don't want too much tourism because it would suffocate the place but at the same time we can't live without tourism in a place where everyone lives off tourism one way or another it is difficult to find a balance this city's tourism counselor says that the situation is not unique to venice. but rather venice is in need of a unique solution rex yeah you know nice thought that we built on this of venice

has not been sold out in a derogatory sense all tourist cities have experienced the last few years in the absence of very one super tech certain segments of the city as a 1st step this city has begun to closely monitor visitor numbers starting next year tourists will have to pay a fee to enter the city but what it's a kind of local miss is the what some people consider the bad old days of their. old i would also go back to what it was like 2 hours ago with a few lisp people maybe but it wasn't a massacre like they were saying it was sustainable. but you know the debate over the future of tourism in venice is far from over but for now most people here cannot wait for visitors to return. and watching data but he needs his reminder of our top story the death toll has risen in the escalating conflict between israel and hamas militants palestinian medics at least 12 people were killed overnight in

a new wave of israeli airstrikes against targets in gaza among them was said to be 7 members of a family and a refugee camp. up next our technology show shift coming up after a short break we'll have more news headlines for you at the top of the hour i'm rebecca races don't go away. instead as pulling those 1st group to get over i'm sure that it was on the outs with. in support of. saving but it was bought over some. debris about. the stimulus code. touching species.