you want to know their story for migrants verified and reliable information for migrants. this is deemed to be news coming to you live from berlin u.s. president joe biden expresses support for a cease fire between israel and hamas. that says is really airstrikes keep pounding gaza and the fighting enters its 8th day also coming up thousands of african migrants cross from morocco to the spanish

territory of say wood in one day they're hoping to start a new life in europe but spanish authorities say they'll be sent back. and south africa ramps up its code with 19 vaccination drive the country with africa's highest credit hours caseload is hoping to ward off a potential 3rd way. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us u.s. president joe biden has told his israeli counterpart that he supports a ceasefire between israel and palestinian militants biden's phone call with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu came as israeli jets unleashed another barrage of airstrikes on gaza palestinian militant group hamas has continued to fire rockets at israeli cities more than 200 people most of them palestinians have

been killed in over a week of violence. israeli airstrikes hit gaza early on tuesday morning. it's that 8 ths day of fighting between israel and hamas militants. in gaza the casualties are mounting many ifs and civilians. gaza's hospitals already struggling with because of $900.00 pandemic a stretch to the limits. this small girl is among the injured. and this boy has lost several members of his family. the bombardments have destroyed hundreds and displaced tens of thousands of people the humanitarian situation is deteriorating the power supply across gaza has been reduced to 6 to 8 hours per day on average the number of fetal lives not functioning that it turns

disrupts the provision of health care you know the basic services water hygiene and sanitation. israel says it's targeting senior hamas militants the military released this 1st stage which it says shows as strikes on 5 houses belonging to hamas command as. the directive is to continue to strike terror targets the i.d.f. is doing well today it has eliminated another senior islamic jihad commander we have hit a hamas naval unit and we continue to strike it underground infrastructure the hamas metro and of a targets we will continue to act as necessary to restore peace and security to all residents of israel. the escalation in violence began after clashes between israeli police and protesters over the plan to fiction of palestinian families in east jerusalem. since then how mass has kept up a steady stream of rockets some of them make it past israel's iron dome defense system like here in ashdod where

a residential building was damaged and several people were injured. there is little sign of the violence slowing. as fogle calls mind for an end to the bloodshed the white house says president biden told netanyahu in a phone call that he supported a cease fire but he stopped short of calling for a one. it's a ceasefire that the families are waiting for sheltering in a un school in gaza waiting for the bombs to stop. what's going on update from our jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer tanya what's the latest on the fighting. while i can tell you that some rocket fire has resumed early this morning and that came after an almost 6 hour pause in rocket fire coming out gaza from within gaza residents ordered another night of intensity by the israeli military the israeli military has said that they're targeted to again

residential buildings homing hamas leaders. rocket launches but also they had 62 planes as they say operating within a very short time to target again what they call the metro system this tunnel system inside gaza that is used reportedly. by hamas and other militants to to move around underground in gaza we have not yet and he figures of casualties or injuries among the civilian population in gaza we're talking about the civilian population turn you know the u.n. is warning of an escalating humanitarian crisis in gaza is aid getting through. well absolutely there has been no humanitarian corridors so far this is now week into the hostilities only egypt has opened its border taken in some.

people according to the you end up about 40000 people that have been internally displaced there is seeking shelter and schools and there are also a couple of thousands who have lost their homes in strikes on residential buildings there's also concern over the low and the tricity supply of gaza had always chronically a problem with electricity but it's getting nowhere and there's also concern over the main power station running out of fuel i sometime soon and of course on top of that gaza has seen a very high corona infection rate before this round of hostilities began and that is of concern to many that people contact really proper precautions now. calls for a cease fire are growing what can you tell us about diplomatic efforts to end the violence tanya. well there seem to be a lot of statements internationally on the one hand supporting israel's actions on

the other hand expressing concern about the humanitarian situation about. civilian deaths but there seems to be no concert of effort to really push for an immediate cease fire. we know that their medication efforts or at least talks going on behind the scenes that egypt most likely leading those efforts between hamas and israel but you also heard from israel for the moment at least that they want to continue their campaign we also heard now from u.s. president joe biden and another call to the israeli prime minister expressing support for a cease fire but he. demanding it immediately so there's a lot going on but we don't really know whether there will be any breakthrough any time soon tanya thank you very much as always our jerusalem correspondent tonya kramer. now let's catch up on some of the stories making headlines around the world

today at least 14 people have been killed in india after a powerful psych loan brought heavy rains and storm surges to the country's west coast more than 200000 people have been evacuated india's navy is searching for 127 people missing after the storm caused the ship to sink off the coast of mumbai. heavy rains in brazil's amazon rain forest have calls rivers to rise to nearly record levels there authorities say more than 400000 people have been affected by the flooding with many forced to leave their homes environmental researchers say climate change is behind the latest extreme weather. and the u.s. supreme court has agreed to consider a major challenge to abortion rights the state of mississippi is looking to ban most abortions at the 15th week of pregnancy if the court rules in favor it would overturn decades of legal precedent the court's decision will likely come next year

. 5000 migrants have entered spain's north african enclave of a safe some swimming almost 2 kilometers along the coastline from neighboring morocco it was a record one day influx to the territory so to one of 2 spanish enclaves in on mainland africa spain is reinforcing security in the area. it started in the early hours of the morning groups of young men made the risky swim from morocco to the neighboring spanish to treat of say you. exhausted they dan reported to authorities for processing. as the day went on the tide drops exposing an easy path around the border wall that allow the whole families and miners to try the crossing some even resorting to an inflatable boat i

think it's the biggest the brothel of migrants ever seen in. more than a 1000 children were said to be among the new arrivals. authorities are overwhelmed by the influx madrid says they are urgently sending more resources to the region. many of the moroccan migrants celebrated making across the border hoping to start a better life inside the boundaries of the european union. but there's a high chance those celebrations will be short lived spain's foreign minister says authorities have already started sending people back to morocco. it follows the arrival of more than 100 migrants in april everyone except unaccompanied minors were deported. to show south africa has begun vaccinating citizens of the age of 60 the country has the highest number of coronavirus cases in africa but so far it has only vaccinated one percent of its

population or more than a 1000000 south africans over 60 have registered for the job there are only 87 x. nation centers across the entire nation. it's the day yes i mean meat has been waiting for for a long time as a diabetic the pandemic changed her life and forced the 65 year olds to avoid contact with friends and family. i need to get a vaccine because i've got a new condition and i can do it i'm going to the entries for the pic with them i'm glad i'm here it has being very difficult because i have left my brother through it and it is just the. but the government aims to inoculate more than 5000000 senior citizens by late june if enough vaccine doses plight. although south africa seems for 75 percent of its population only

a fraction of it has arrived in the country while some nations are debating about vaccinating children in south africa people with co-morbidities who are younger than 60 don't even know when they will be able to get there we should have been way ahead of where we are right now i think of procurement of vaccines as being in south africa i mean that's all we were pushing to try and pick your ourselves as a province which is very very difficult and you know i mean a lot of countries trying to pick it's being part of what. international markets have been to say you know we notice you've had more than a vaccine for each citizen you know some countries up to 3 vaccines for each citizen come on you need to you need to help us out politically have been calling for local vaccine production but so far no single vic's seen in south africa is produced from scratch only a few fill and finish distribution agreements were made for covert 916 and despite worldwide calls for

a waiver of intellectual property rights for covert 1000 vixens leading pharmaceutical companies say this won't have an impact on the short. time. just. to. see the best. and we do this. in the meantime yes i mean meet guys finally getting her 1st shots of the biotech pfizer a vaccine and with its hope for the future. it's been difficult for them to stay

steady for as week you don't ready feel good and feel that you don't need to use this if you don't need. so you tend to be. i do look forward to change and i look forward to being together again with a view body living again that's as me time and obvious you know it will be a long time before life can return to normal after 4 months of no infection rates the numbers of new cases have been increasing in the past few days a 3rd wave of infections seems inevitable. and sports news real madrid midfielder toni kroos has tested positive for coping 1000 to have the spanish league final match day of the season the german international will miss reales key game against via rail on saturday cruz's club is just 2 points behind athletico madrid and a win could mean a league championship crews is expected to be part of germany's national team when

it plays in the european championships next month. you're watching d.w. news just a reminder of the top story we're following for you today u.s. president joe biden has told israel's benjamin netanyahu that he supports a cease fire between israel and palestinian militants israel pounded gaza with air strikes again overnight while hamas continued to launch rockets at israeli cities. business next with chris cover thanks for watching. this code. time species.