asked the olding breeds. on its home page the company mentions that around a quarter of its beef cattle are exploited to african arab states. we raised our concerns with mustard to about finding one of their cows in a moroccan cattle market and it's inhumane slaughter. we received this written response. the marketing of animals for slaughter is fundamentally forbid. of course we are aware that breeding cattle are expected to live forever are then taken to slaughter however they are the basis for the creation of domestic beef cattle populations and the basis for the continued profitable breeding of that population and these are regions. that is it true that morocco is really building up a domestic beef cattle population and the aim is breeding.

we visit michaud model heads of the t.v. a german better nary a socio that actively advises and helps to promote animal welfare he's looked in detail at the breeding programs and cattle importing countries such as morocco in moldova toasty desert in morocco the average sizes for animals at the moment so that means that production is relatively low intensity that building up the herd basically means we're breeding. still these are breeding cattle. but simply milking them after carving isn't grading it's connoted so. that means these animals are actually for slaughter them although they've been brought there as breeding animals i guess this. the sense animals for slaughter that would otherwise principally be used for milk production but since there's no breeding bench knowledge it isn't this that is that legal declaring them as breeding animals

is false. the longest and most exhausting animal transport currently starts from germany going through poland belarus and russia all the way to central asia. in february 21000 a team of animals angles activists followed one of their transports the group from both trucks from their 1st supply stop a small that's. the journey takes place in driving snow and icy temperatures. and that despite it being illegal to transport animals below 5 degrees celsius. dustin's or you can see the cyclops on the truck or open field actually the animals are covered in snow when the outside temperature is below minus 7 so you have the added problem of the water systems for using and the transport by the tons for what . the animals are suffering from exhaustion. the animal welfare group says that

because of the cold and the slow roads the trucks hardly stop even though they're on a 6000 kilometer trip that will last days. when they do stop it's only to throw in some part or to the animals. during veterinarian checks as they left germany the drivers had given assurances that they would make proper stops at supply stations in russia. the trucks are on the road for a total of 10 days clocking up over 6100 kilometers. so do the supply stations in russia even exist. we head to venus bodden in western germany to meet an expert on the matter. she's the hester state animal welfare commissioner monoline martine unhappy with

account she heard she and 3 other veterinarians traveled to russia last year. we haven't cuts if we did actually find to supply stations with a russian permit in the small lands grey gen with us for us to come and they got a very open reception one and were allowed to look at everything. in there the 2nd one was quite different the manager there was clear about not allowing us access he even had a man with a gun. on him thrive in toto rises and put the big star on the is or to the 2nd part of the trip went towards the spake astound dogs so does this along this route there was not a single supply station with a russian permit hope the horses it's all. and all that means it's impossible to win low the animals. of course that's extremely shocking

because we were finding these places with decrepit stalls. and no water or electricity. or the bus sometimes the stations were no more than a pile of haiti under a roof. on the. it was clear and late 21000 the facilities for animal transports in russia were inadequate again germany's veterinarian a 40 showed little interest. in february animal welfare activists from animals angels depart for kazakstan they want to find out whether central asia is better than russia for supply stations. at the end to check out the situation not only in kazakhstan but also in respect us there we go with them. we have to drive 1000 kilometers until we reach the route used by the animal transports to enter the

country. like a new day we're driving from. kent to make up some time. and then off to shim kent well beyond the routes that the trucks will pass where. several 100 kilometers and there's little change in the landscape. it's extremely cold. but. this is the road that leads to the border with russia. the next morning we reach the 1st supply station it was listed in permit papers. at 1st glance it looks like a truckers cafe. if you know it looks like a motel and a gas station what's that meant to be. yet but one doesn't our information says there should be

a supply station. and here again i want to thank you. but there's nowhere here 20 more animals. looks like it could be a hole for summer hardy. yes maybe. then they run with the wind a veterinarian authorities get information on what i meant to be supply station is all they have all coordinates on google maps coming up on maps as you enter those coordinates and all you see is 3 buildings and groups from above. you don't know what's in them what the best stable is how is this for storage sheds little bits of data if you're not on the ground there's no way of checking some of those but. we drive further north a place that's also listed in the transport documents of the supply station. we make a similar discovery. and for stuff there are no facilities for animals

here. was that listed with the german authorities as a supply station and. now that we are aware of no there's no list of supply stations in kazakhstan nothing official anyway just gets me. but a 3rd location is said to have a stable oh no power has entered the coordination center smartphone. and. this is the building it looks like the roof has recently undergone repairs. that engen's. on. the animal welfare activists managed to get some footage from inside it's a storage hall for machinery there's no evidence of animals having ever been on the road here the walls of the cold through in winter this hole is practically unusable . we

carry on towards the russian border. the temperature drops below minus 18 degree celcius way too cold to be transporting animals legally. 2 weeks later the animals angel's team has spotted 2 transports they're carrying pregnant cows from germany breeding cattle. each truck has just one driver when they stop for a break the animal stay inside the trucks. one evening towards the end of february the trucks are parked at a roadside stop for the drivers to take what seems to be a likely break it's a chance to look inside to transport. the animal stand in their own excrement and after more than 5000 kilometers on the road appear exhausted. there are some lying

on the cold metal truck floor. the ceiling is loft. there are signs that the animals have knocked up against it repeatedly during the journey. through. the verdict. well certainly ecker of influence on the trucks should take a 24 hour break on the animals should be unloaded so they can recover at one of these resting stables but on the emphasis that we found that the animals weren't on loaded the trucks start 15 hours with the animals packed inside they were fed and given water but it wasn't just such a tory 24 hour break so basically it's proof that as soon as these transports have passed the e.u. 6 stereo borders they can no longer be subjected to checks. and as. the official declaration on this transport said nothing about a journey with help proper breaks or without the animals once being allowed.

the veterinarian authority back in germany or regent declined to be interviewed. they say they 1st wanted to see evidence although they could just as easily demand to see the carrier's transport records. in april the russian authorities finally informed the german government that there are currently no supplies stations open. the official confirmation of something animal rights groups have been documenting for the past year. finally some german states respond by imposing restrictions or outright bans on animal transports to central asia. but does that mean that the practice has been stopped completely. a vet from the eastern state of plantain pork tells us that cattle are now being transported via other e.u. countries to that destination. it's known the transport leave from poland slovakia hungary and italy and they're known to avoid austria. so who is responsible now.

the view than that of a neighborhood in the truest of the very merry authorities on the smallest card in the will. and i don't see the european commission as necessarily responsible based on their regulations are relatively clear appropriate procedures should be in place to put pressure on member states. the german government says the federal state governments are responsible for their actions and that's true. don i often get the impression that economic interests mean there's no inclination to change their lives. so the transports continue. for the ball caps that are exploited be understanding german states and 3rd countries transported for fattening up before being packed into boats and shipped off to the middle east.

and the breeding cattle many of which end up in arabian artois where fully conscious will have their throats cut under inhumane conditions. these kind of animal transports must stop. places. do you like it. or do you like the tax cuts. ok then buckle up put the pedal to the metal and let's ride. her. read. 30 minutes on d w. in good shape. fear and anxiety are

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this is g w news live from berlin no diplomatic breakthrough on has now left hope in israeli palestinian violence shellings continue through the night after israeli airstrikes destroyed a building in gaza city i was in a major international media outlets the ministry says the high rise was linked to calm us intelligence but press freedom groups are outraged. and israel's financial center is under its heaviest bombardment so far hamas launches dozens of rockets from gaza into tell

a peace. i'm pablo phony and yes welcome to the program the white house has weighed in on the conflict between israel and the palestinians u.s. president joe biden has again emphasized israel's right to defend itself and has told the palestinian president mahmoud abbas that hamas must end its raw. at the environment of israel meanwhile there's been more bloodshed in the palestinian territories multiple members of an extended family in gaza were killed by israeli bombs israeli airstrikes also destroyed a tower block housing apartments and offices of international media organizations. 13 stories reduced to rubble in seconds israel not hesitating to strike back hard

against hamas. the building housed international news agencies israel's defense forces say hamas intelligence was using the media as unwitting human shields. warned about the attack journalists pleaded with an israeli intelligence officer for more time. you know look here from the a.p. news agency all of our equipment is in there including cameras and editing equipment give me 15 minutes to get it out. request denied the airstrike went ahead as planned. in another part of gaza a family of 10 had no warning before bombs flattened their home they were killed in their sleep all except for baby omar so i mean. that my cousin died with her children and only omar here survived. where he hurt his leg and his

eye and he can't breastfeed because his throat is injured but. in israel hamas rocket attacks are also killing civilians. one man died when a rocket struck his building in a tel of eve suburbs. others narrowly escapes death. 2 more meters and it would have been my house. i was in the shelter and i said that's it the building is gone. the united states has sent a mid ranking diplomat how the ahmed to negotiate a cease fire but there's no breakthrough so far. well our washington bureau chief in his poll has more on the white house's diplomatic push for peace while

hyena's and president biden has telephoned with both the israeli and palestinian leaders are there any indications the progress towards a truce was made right in 2 separate calls most of on conferred with prime minister benjamin netanyahu of israel and president mahmoud abbas the palestinian leader about efforts to broker a cease fire while biden is actually supporting israel rights to defend itself he urged netanyahu to protect civilians and journalists and probably only hours after this phone call this a non netanyahu himself posted a speech to facebook he vowed to continue attacks on hamas until and this is a quote israel's security is guaranteed so that indicates that the phone call of president president biden didn't bring the wanted results well the united nations is set to debate the israeli palestinian conflict on sunday now the u.s.

had blocked an earlier meeting now what can we expect from from that debate. right secretary of state blinken wanted the meeting to happen not only the next just because he wanted to have more time to work behind the scenes to work on diplomatic solutions but problem was the reaction off today of mr netanyahu is posts on facebook after the phone call with president biden i think it's fair to say that there is actually little hope at this point that we will see a major breakthrough anything substantial tomorrow right well now we have that reaction but the white house is also voiced pointed criticism at israel over the bombing which destroyed the building housing u.s. news agency associated press in gaza can you tell us a little bit more about washington's reaction overall. to give our international

viewers a little bit of a perspective we do have to understand that president biden is very much focus on domestic issues in these 1st months of his presidency but many democrats are getting really loud or now and wanting the president to be more forceful in his actions especially after the day after the bombing of the media tower by is you know i mean many american journalists have been doing life from this very tower actually also our colleagues from d.w. because they thought it would be safe there they would have never imagined that israel would lodge an asse raid on this hour so that will put a lot of pressure on president biden to react as always enos poll in washington thank you. well there has been outrage from some international media strike on the building housing al-jazeera and associated press in gaza the president of the a.p. strongly condemned the israeli airstrike saying quote this is an incredibly

disturbing development we narrowly avoided a terrible loss of lives of life a dozen a.p. journalists and freelancers were inside the building and thankfully we were able to evacuate them in time the world will know less about what is happening in gaza because of what happened today. well earlier our jerusalem correspondent tanya came out told us how israeli authorities have responded to international criticism over the bombing of the gaza tower statements came out 1st of all by the israeli military there were actually 2 statements so they were saying and i will quote you through a few lines from them if they said that the building contained military assets used to be longing to the intelligence office of the hamas terrorist organization and it was in the statement they later said it was an r. and d. office in the 2nd statement and that hamas hyatt's according to the statement

behind civilian media offices and used them as human shields and that it's hamas actually that place says military targets deliberately at the heart of densely populated areas in the gaza strip so they didn't give any more details so evidence . the offices that they're talking about and this is a bit and line but we're hearing here officially and what we've seen also in the past days happening in gaza high rise buildings a lot of buildings also. which also contain presidents of flats and people living that it became homeless now. that they were targeted because israel says they are containing infrastructure or offices belonging to hamas or other militant groups those tinier claim are reporting from jerusalem while violence has spilled out onto the streets across israel in cities where jews and arabs have been living side by side for many years this new unrest is exposing underlying tensions not least in

one district of the coastal city of tel aviv. anonymous attackers homos tough coat tails into the home of an arab israeli family in jaffa 2 children awaken from sleep now home and their bodies burning. the neighbors too are frightened they mount a protest thank you. we cannot accept an attack on these children on our homes we're here to say out loud no to violence much more our heidi cullen mayle had also to i had no known. protests in other parts of israel weren't so peaceful here and sees a real demonstrators blocked off streets and fought with police. rockets fired by hamas from the gaza strip pound israel some explode in mid-air targeted by defense systems others wreak havoc in residential areas. that need it so much i served in the years really army for 2 years i know what rockets sound like.

me i was terribly frightened but god is with us it's horrible horrible. what are in the occupied west bank 2 tensions flared between palestinians and the israeli military on what palestinians call not by day catastrophe day commemorating those forced from their homes by the founding of israel in 1948. all the conflict in the middle east has brought people on to the streets in cities worldwide to protest against the violence here in germany thousands marched in support of the palestinians. campaigners around the world organized rallies to condemn the violence in the middle east and to commemorate knockabout the displacement of hundreds of thousands of palestinians when the state of israel was created in 1048 most of saturday's events were peaceful although in berlin police broke up at least one pro palestinian gathering and arrested several demonstrators still the people

made their voices heard. i just want that to be peace between jews muslims and christians we're all human and the money matters is america that my message is that the bombarding and the killing should stop. in a war there are only losers there is no winner. in this case children are dying on both sides. and that's not nice and. elsewhere in the city a smaller gathering backing these rallies but most of the rallies around the world have been in support of the palestinians. in france police fired tear gas in an attempt to break up a rally in the north of paris crowds gathered even though city authorities had banned the march fearing an outbreak of anti semitic violence.

there was also solidarity down under with a pro palestinian gathering in sydney. as the renewed violence deepens the rift in the middle east many are around the world are uniting in protest. now for some other headlines making news around the world. thousands of people took to the streets streets of haiti's capital port au prince calling for an end to the island's kidnapping crisis criminals in the spinner to take women children locals and foreigners for ransom the united nations says 234 people were abducted last year that's 3 times as many as the year before. the operator of the largest u.s. gasoline pipeline says it has resumed normal operations after being hit by a ransomware attack the disruption to colonial pipelines network stretching from texas to the east coast triggered supply shortages and long lines at many gas

stations. the sport now and robert 11 bar in munich has tied the record for the most bundesliga goals in a season 40 to be exact in barnes draw with freiburg the polish striker scored from the penalty spot in the 1st half equaling legend mina the record has stood for almost 50 years of and off ski to even break it in byron's at last getting off the season. well it's the bundesliga 2nd to last match day of the season and here's where we stand so far. berger voided relegation by beating bremen after berlin beat to drop with a draw against cologne bealefeld toughened up to a point each freiburg held a champions bar in munich towards role relegated chalco stunned champions league hopefuls frankfurt leverkusen shared the spoils with when you're in berlin and

stuttgart down the 2 games on sunday minds against dortmund and leipsic against false brick and now let's take a quick look at the bundesliga standings with one round left to play the battle for the champions league remains intense with fallsburg dortmund and frankfurt jostling for the final 2 spots down at the bottom things are incredibly tight with beautiful to bremen and cologne still threatened with relegation now researchers looking to bring high speed internet access to users worldwide are taking their mission to space. their. basics launched another batch of starling broadband satellites from cape canaveral in the u.s. state of florida on saturday the reusable fall k'naan rocket carried 52 satellites

on board this marks the aerospace companies 15th falcon flight this year. well that's all we have time for do stay tuned though because coming up is reporter and they go to new york for me and the rest of the team here in berlin take care and serial soon. where i come from we have to fight for a free for as i was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t.v. shadow and if your newspapers when official information as a journalist i not work off the streets of many cantrips and they have problems.