the i. am. this is news live from berlin the u.n. condoms the senseless side of bloodshed in the middle east but there's still no end in sight. more israeli airstrikes pound several areas of gaza city prime minister benjamin netanyahu say's the military campaign against hamas is continuing at full force also coming up on the program. large parts of the

british economy reopen from today but the prime minister wants and new coronavirus spirit from india could delay plans for complete reopening next month. and in order to see the football dortmund take it to the champions league next season beating knights with one match day live to play. i am. hello i'm christine window it's good to have your company israel has launched a series of heavy air strikes on gaza in the early hours of monday morning prime minister benjamin netanyahu save the attacks in gaza are continuing at full force and will take time u.n. security council talks ended without agreement on a public statement but the u.n. secretary general antonio terrorist warned often and containable security advantage

tarion crisis. israeli air strikes a lot of the night sky at one point dozens every few minutes creating another sleepless night in the gaza strip there is so far little news of casualties or the extent of the damage gaza officials say dozens of people including children were killed on sunday that would be the highest death toll since airstrikes began leaving palestinians to mourn their dead. this father himself wounded in an airstrike on his house breaks down as he bids his daughter a final goodbye. across the border in israel the damage isn't as bad but people living in fear of hamas rockets. wrecked buildings and burnt out cars proof that not all missiles are intercepted by israel's defenses. life here is not

simple it is living with a fear that you never know where the rocket hits their rocket attacks for which there are no alarm as you see people are walking around as usual but it's quite distressing. the united nations has called for car. to leave. this latest round of violence the cycles of this destruction and these. guys are. fighting must stop the u.n. security council held emergency meetings for all efforts to produce a statement on the issue were so far blocked by the united states israel's closest ally. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he won't be reining in his powerful military anytime soon. continue for as

long as it takes to bring back peace to you citizens of israel it will still take some time. people living in gaza say the magnitude of sunday's airstrikes was unlike anything they witnessed before as coals for deescalation continues to go unanswered. and for more i'm joined by reporter shannon neighbor news has covered the region extensively high shine it's good to see you so there's been more overnight israeli airstrikes on gaza equally rockets being fired from hamas as well into israel what the 2 sides trying to achieve with this continued violence well they know the window of opportunity for it is closing and you know there is not much time international community expect this to end soon civilians on both sides expect that then the some sort of expectancy is built on the previous experience of these ongoing you know this is unfortunately not the 1st and or

probably the last time we see this so they're trying to maximize their military objectives you know they food israel that means they want to kick more launchers of of missiles coming from gaza for for hamas it is. other than you know protecting its to stature as the defender of palestine and jerusalem has done is it's also about keeping the equivalence of we are not retaliating we're not weak we're ever we have fire will be answered with fire ok but but how much longer can hamas keep this up if it is the week of payout right it is we we know that there's still greater reservoirs of weapon they haven't rockets that they have the human tarion crisis in gaza is such that they won't be able probably to last for too long they have already achieved quite a lot especially if you consider to disproportion power between these 2 forces one is probably one of the you know definitely the region's strongest military force

and the versus hamas that is the terror organization is not as. not as well equipped so to hamas they've gained a lot and they need to be very careful not to road that success or not the road these achievements i want to talk about the security council meeting it was in countries that they couldn't even agree on a public statement right right and it was vetoed by the us administration how much longer can israel rely on support from the biden administration well that's very shaky that's the thing now because it's so far by then has been quite you know sticking to the traditional line of the american administrations but we see within democratic ranks there's a lot of unrest there's a lot of criticism against biden against israel on the one hand like probably the more more to the left we see people like the democratic representative marsha she was very clear about her you know criticism of israel we also have people like.

talking about israel's an apartheid state but also people that are considerably more moderate on the left side of the democratic party like warren sanders being being very critical and we've seen also in the last 24 hours a letter by 28 senators democratic senators calling for immediate ceasefire this israel has become a very polarizing topic in the u.s. and within democratic ranks and this means that the support israel has from the u.s. is very shaky and israelis know that right. from thank you thanks christine. and now for some other news making headlines around the world where the phenomena has brought heavy rains to brazil's amazon region families have been forced to use canoes to get around and they're queuing up for 8 these flats could become the worst in the same terrific say hundreds of thousands of people. and chileans pushing to pick new law makes his dropping you know our situation at widely rejected the country's ruling coalition in favor of independent and this

candidate the assembly will have to address deep seated social discontent that created mass protests current constitution was written and a military rule 4 decades ago. and another trial is underway in hong kong for 10 pro democracy advocates charged with incitement for taking part in an unauthorized practice in $2192.00 defendants and filled a van of that great free political prisoners before going into court jimmy lie a prominent media tycoon is already serving time for 2 other protests. which now parts of the u.k. are easing lockdown rules today despite concerns over the spread of a coronavirus variant 1st it takes a hit in india restraints and the hospitality venues are being allowed to reopen after being closed for months people and families will also be able to meet indoors with some restrictions for the 1st time since last option but a number of health experts all warning for the measures to be delayed after cases

of the indian variant tripled in the past week in parts of northern england. and i'm now joined by correspondent big of mosques in london good to see you bigots or what else can you tell us about the easing restrictions today. well it's kind of a grand reopening for many people because the game changes of course that people are allowed to mix indoors and that was not possible the other good news for many people who want to go abroad is that international travel is not any longer prohibited so used to have to have a reason to go abroad and this is no longer the case even though politicians are urging people to stay cool shoes and to not sort of flock to the beaches in masses then there is another really good piece of good news for many people is that they are allowed to hug their friends again so that is officially endorsed but then

again you see in the newspapers there are there are guides of how to hug your friends in this way say it is opening up but people are still has to be quite cautious right but generally how do people think can we just assume that everybody is excited about that or is there some opposition to the reopening and that is staying off restrictions among the british public. i think most people will be happy that they have a part of their freedom back however many health experts and quite eminent voices in the community that advises on covert saying just because you are allowed to do something doesn't mean you actually have to do it and when they were all asked if they would themselves go to a pub or go to a restaurant several said no that they actually wouldn't want to do it even though they are vaccinated so there are there is still quite a lot of voices that are urging the british people to stay the course is now as to

whether people will hear to it i think it's a very individual thing your attitude to risk older people i've spoken to all maybe a bit more cautious on not going to rush to go on holidays whereas we also know that pubs and restaurants have been booked and the people who really have been looking forward to celebrating again with their friends i would guess it's mostly younger people that maybe don't think that they'll be that much at risk from the virus big and we know that promise of johnson has said that that variant from india could delay plans for a complete reopening next month how far has it spread so far and way odd be hotspots. the case number overall seems to be quite low from the data that's available it's just over 1300 cases that have been detected and they are mainly in the north of england but also in london the london mayor has said 400 road run 400 cases in the london region but if there's one thing we do know about

this new variant is that it does spread very quickly so if it's not contained by tests and trace or possibly by vaccination of a set of surge of vaccinations in the area that's affected so that or 2 younger people are getting vaccinated earlier than they should have been then this virus could potentially spread really really quickly and that's why so many people are still saying that britons even though they are happy and celebrating still should be quite cautious and that's a big boss in london thank you because and here are some of the major developments in the pandemic unicef is urging wealthy nations to share vaccine or it's a suspects in doses with countries in need the u.n. agency says the emergency measure would help make up for a short for due to disruptions to vaccine exports from india singapore has warned new variants are affixing more children most schools they are being closed this week as authorities make plans to vaccinate kids and south africa is rolling out

vaccines to people over 60 it aims to inoculate 5000000 older citizens by the end of june. but for news now and in the german bundesliga boris have dortmund knew that a win of a mind would split them into the champions league next season instead of france fish minds already clinched their top flight survival and it looked like an minds were already on some a vacation as stuart meant victory. dortmund might have expected an easy raid against a might side with 5 changes and little to play for and there was certainly enough chumminess before kick off to make frankfurt funs wins. and their fears were realized on 23 minutes when jason sun she was set up rafael guerrero to curl dortmund in front mights his young stand in keeper finn diamond left clutching thin air. on 42 minutes sun 2 was at it again dancing down the left and feeding captain marco royce dortmund at half time and more wool for young

dominant. it was too easy for son to as he was allowed to saunter into the box royce nipped in just ahead of erling holland and the 2nd half was no looking like a straw for the visitors. on 18 minutes holland set up yulian plant to watch road dumb and to make it 3 nil the keeper taking a need to the face in the process. before inquired song scored a consolation goal for months from the spot in injury time $31.00 the final score another feather in the cup for dawkins interim coach added tells it he follows german cup success with champions league qualification and a case of liquid you could have won for frankfurt fans you could only watch on an envious dortmund celebrated. 6 troll against false but it was ideal for both teams that secured life 2nd place in the bundesliga while the visitors clinched champions league qualification now a 1st half double from maximally and phillip including this stunning strike could

force the 2 goals ahead of half time but just employ it for to go back for life and off to a major heidar was trips muscles up it's a made it to 2 from the penalty spot and that's how it finished. and that's all for the program now see at the top of in style and it's been good having your company about. what we were. when we won it now the 1st americans at some point in our lives really experience hardship listen.

it's. brought to us wherever you are have you have on your mind. and i'm so i'm glad to. could be heard for over 20 years as the cold war raged between east and west british journalist austin harrison with his radio broadcast and german listeners behind the iron curtain. this is london calling. in his radio program unsigned letters austin harrison commented on letters that reached him from communist east germany. radio london you give us hope help us please do it we trust you for decades thousands of east germans wrote to the b.b.c.

reporting the day to day and political problems in their lives. but the letter writers had no idea that the popular b.b.c. radio programme was at the center of a propaganda battle in dividing germany. in 1938 would become the b.b.c. world service began radio broadcasts from london to other countries and languages there through the london calling them. the b.b.c. also began broadcasting to germany and 938 when the war began

a year later listening to it was banned but many risked their lives to tune into it as a reliable and reputable news source after the war ended the b.b.c. developed a special service for what became east germany because. i received more and more letters from there at the beginning of the 950 s. the program unsigned letters began intended as a counterbalance to communist media it quickly became a hit with eastern orders. if there were a free press and free radio stations that we could probably stop our protocol and above all we would not need to call it on sargent letters. in east germany it was forbidden to listen to what the government calls western hate stations. anyone who wrote a letter to them would quickly be branded an enemy of the state.

german writers on a shady has travelled to an on remarkable residential area of the english city of reading she is on her way to the b.b.c.'s written archives here she has rediscovered the long forgotten letters from east germany that reached britain in the cold war she has written a book about them as which was sort of this so i knew there was over 20 years' worth of material that's and when i saw it for the 1st time i thought to myself oh god that's a lot of you then there's even more buried in the archives. tens of thousands of letters are kept here written between 1950 s. and 970 s. . he's a leaf in these letters are unique documents of their times because they're very personal and people wrote anonymously wrote about life their wishes their hopes

despair everything including the repression and their fear in august. when the berlin wall was built in august 1961 cementing the division of germany. east german b.b.c. listeners reacted. one can own affair and you can also see a change in tone in the letters to their very passionately political much more sullivan in proceeding here is of that done they take a stand make demands make requests to western politicians even president kennedy to save us because dead on kennedy you know that adorns you give us hope. help us. don't wait too long.

dear radio london. this is the wall of shame. codename young person from east germany i am still a child but understand what is going on here in east germany in a school they incite against the capitalist countries. can you please answer my question soon please do it i trust you. can hines poor child from thais found her as one of those youthful letter writers bank that. the son of a homemaker and the accountant he had a pretty typical childhood for his time. i'd have to

say i was perhaps an average east german teenager comes off with did all i always had a leading role in the young pioneers group was. in my class i was usually the deputy leader for all and us was so wise for the staff. i only became critical of the developments in east germany in the 7th or 8th grade. then western radio stations i played are also. a lot more total. sing us. like many other young people columbines was enthusiastic about rock n roll which we listen to on stations such as the b.b.c. . but also politically he began to move away from the official thinking of east germany. in 1968 he wrote 2 unsigned letters for the 1st time when he was just 16 years old.

as soviet troops invaded czechoslovakia violently putting down the democratic reforms of the communist government in prague. it was an injustice that was also found in east germany. more shock needed an outlet for his i'm going about it. some of our part of the steer employees of the german service of radio london and i really like your program because it shows our people's opinions that cannot be seen in our media process i am 16 years old and would like to write a few things about the mood of young people regarding the events in czechoslovakia . had been dominant gustavus the shah i believe that the west has not taken strong enough steps against this invasion most and i must a country that has struggled to win just a bit of freedom always be forced to continue on the old path under moscow's rule

of what the mushier warm greetings from a student who writes i'm trying. another letter writer to the b.b.c. york him. alan born in saxony in our lives as a retired pastor in berlin the democratic west and its symbols of freedom are important to him to this day. grow up in and around transition is whole life he was in voluntarily forced into the role of an outsider in 1948 holds mother met his future father a u.s. soldier on a trip to west linn if he wanted to visit his little some unlikely couple could only mean in secret. this one it is yes of course that was very dangerous because on the one had the americans did not allow my father to travel to the

soviet zone of occupation and on the other hand it was dangerous for him to show up as an american interest and within the soviet zone. in place as american so he had to come in civilian clothes. but one day the secret visits ended in disaster than a human can and then someone realized wait a minute this is an american speaking english and so they denounced my father and which resulted in my mother having to flee overnight. when admission she had to leave me with my grandparents her was very safe. if you are came ella grew up with him and from the 1st days of school it was made clear to him that he really wasn't wanted in east germany. or that i was then called to the teacher's desk comes out the front. when i was made to stand in front of the school hear the

show take a look at ruskin while his mother betrayed or a public his father is an enemy of the state his grandparents and great grandparents were capitalists so it's a role now back to your seat and try to make things better so as a child i was always an outsider. radio was his consolation and an important link to the outside world anyone who wrote to unsigned letters from east germany felt safe doing so because the b.b.c. made it possible to write anonymously. for you know my world and here again in a dress through which all letters can reach us cost kruger and lynn 12 me were strasser 7. i repeat. the b.b.c. came up with a system of coverage dresses in west berlin easton is to write to the program. in

london german computer book heart was one of its producers. think of the cover address as where the address is to which people in berlin should write as well they were never real people's addresses they were buildings that had been destroyed or houses where other people that would have worn. off. also master 1. 25 mark cup. in this way the letters could make it across the berlin wall has been conspicuously as possible as part of the every day postal traffic but still went on between the 2 sides. and then the west berlin postal service would know to forward these letters to the b.b.c.'s beilin office and from there they would be sent. by diplomatic mail back to london.

and in london they would be treated very securely they were kept in a safe overnight so there was very restricted access as to who got to see these letters because of the risks to east germans writing to b.b.c. . but here are a few lecture confirmations in the region seacole to me the wedding. i love listening. click and every letter got a code word solution of other people have given themselves one or we gave a code word if possible and connection with the content of the letter. was so that when he heard it the letter writer would realize my letter is coming up. it's my belief. yes and then of course it was unforgettable. i heard my letter read out and quickly called my grandmother who was standing

somewhere near by. the then and said she was horrified to learn that it was my letter that had been wrecked and of course she was immediately terrified and swore at me but further how could i be so reckless to write to a station like clinton. it could mean that we would all be going to jail it's just me but who wants this austin her to whom east german listeners willingly entrusted their personal views and put themselves at risk burn and historian emily oliver has intensively research the history of the b.b.c.'s german service and that of its popular but very idiosyncratic moderator. becomes the berlin representative for the b.b.c. german service in 1950 and he stays in $55.00 at which point he returns to london and he takes over letters without signature and he works on that program for the next 20 years but we know very little about austin harrison he seems to have been

a bit of a mystery even to people who worked with him it seems austin harrison regularly travelled to east germany in the 1960 s. and seventy's the b.b.c. was one aware of his trips but it made little mention of them and its reporting. time peter's son became the host of a new b.b.c. music program and got to know him. personally went to east germany to for the fair and various other events like that and then he would come back with precious little about the work he had done what he had seen or conclusions. you do there. by contrast harrison's trips to east berlin were always a special topic for east germany's feared secret police.

they always kept a close watch.