this is news coming to you live from berlin u.s. president joe biden expresses support for a cease fire between israel and hamas. and it says is really airstrikes keep pounding gaza and the fighting enters its 8th day also coming out thousands of patrick and migrants cross from morocco to the spanish territory of say would one day they're hoping to start a new life in europe but spanish authorities say they'll be sent back. and afghans fear what lies ahead as nato troops prepare to quit the country for good and

taliban rebels step up recruiting. plus south africa wraps up its 19 vaccination drive the country with africa's highest coronavirus caseload is hoping to ward off a potential certain 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 cease fire between israel and palestinian militants biden's phone call with israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu came as israeli jets unleashed another barrage of air strikes on gaza palestinian militant group hamas has continued to fire rockets at israeli cities well than 200 people the vast majority of them palestinians have been killed and over a week of violence. israeli airstrikes hit gaza

early on tuesday morning. it's the 8th day of fighting between israel and hamas militants. in gaza the casualties are mounting many of them civilians. gaza's hospitals already struggling with the coded 1900 pandemic a stretch to them that. this small girl is among the injured. and this boy has lost several members of his family. the bombardment of destroyed homes 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 phaedra 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 footage which it says shows as strikes on 5 houses belonging to hamas commandos ok well i'm sure the directive is to continue to strike at terror targets the i.d.f. is doing well today it has eliminated another senior islamic jihad commando we have hit a hamas naval unit and we continue to strike at underground infrastructure the hamas metro and of the 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 hamas 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 global calls made 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 these 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 attorney what's the latest on the fighting. well 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 from gaza from within gaza residents ordered another night of intense it's done 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 u.n.

and their vote 40000 people that have been internally displaced there are 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 that tricity supply of gaza had always chronically a problem with electricity but it's getting low and there's also concern over the main power station running out of fuel 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 of the people contect 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 with 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 fell short of demanding it immediately and 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 check on some other stories making headlines around the world

today at least 14 people have been killed in india after a powerful cyclon 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 calls the ship to sink off the coast of mumbai. heavy rains of 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 to explain whether. 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 court decision will likely come next year.

5000 migrants have entered spain's north african enclave of say utah most swimming almost 2 kilometers along the coastline from neighboring morocco one man drowned in the crossing during a record one day influx of people to the territory say go to is one of 2 populated spanish enclaves on mainland africa authorities are sending security reinforcements to the area amid worsening relations between spain and morocco. it started in the early hours of the morning groups of young men made the risky swim from morocco to the neighboring spanish territory of say. exhausted they dan reported to authorities for processing. as the day went on the tide dropped exposing an easy path around the border wall. that allowed a whole families of mine is to try to cross seen some even resorting to an inflatable boat. it's the biggest of rubble of migrants ever seen in say.

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 it across the border hoping to start a better life inside the boundaries 2 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 $100.00 migrants in april everyone except unaccompanied minors would to ported. now to afghanistan where heavy fighting has resumed after a 3 day truce over the muslim holiday of ied expired that's as u.s.

and nato continue their withdrawal of troops still stationed in the country there are currently around 20 $500.00 u.s. soldiers serving in afghanistan that's on top of the $7000.00 troops nato troops also on the ground there in april u.s. president joe biden promised all troops would be out by september 11th to mark the 20th anniversary of the 911 attacks that sparked its military involvement there before the u.s. led invasion the taliban ruled most of the country now that islam is group is seeking to regain control and is recruiting more fighters. a rare glimpse of another world a home visit with the taliban. welcome come on in. all this father and his son don't want to tell us their names but they are willing to tell us why the son recently decided to join the taliban.

i did this for 2 reasons one i had no job and 2 i wanted to do something about our unjust and corrupt government so they're oppressing the people of this country is the way his father welcomes his decision he's proud his son is now on the taliban side. this makes me happy because we are muslims and we should defend the islamic state he's let me state allows us to fight infidels we dedicate our lives to it we also want islamic sharia and taliban law to be implemented. many afghans are scared of the taliban's increasing power. ali khan is a truck driver he drives all across afghanistan and has to pay passage fees to the taliban on a regular basis just recently he paid the equivalent of $75.00 euros about

a quarter of his monthly salary. yet. the taliban are increasing in number and their power is growing. they set up checkpoints and force drivers to pay for safe passage the government can't stop them although the official checkpoints on for far away. jannot cool a farmer has had a similar experience he makes his living growing and selling grain from his meager earnings he has to pay the taliban over $100.00 euros on a regular basis the taliban threaten to imprison or even kill him if he didn't pay out he's afraid of what will happen when foreign troops finally leave the country. i would prefer that the soldiers stayed international troops have kept peace here for the past 2 decades if they leave afghanistan the country will go to pieces. the taliban are already taking control of more and more places around the country

and they make no secret of their alternate goal. we want an islamic state and an islamic government that provides law and order but foreign troops and all infidels must leave our country. nido troops have announced they will withdraw from afghanistan by september at the latest after they're gone the taliban hopes to turn back the clock and return the country to where it was 20 years ago. well for more let's speak to journalist better adele who spent years living and working in afghanistan she joins us from brussels thanks for being with us this morning but hope foreign troops have already been drawn down in afghanistan will it really make much of a difference when they're all gone all together. yeah it's difficult to say. i think it's also important to understand that. overall over this 20 years of war

in afghanistan. the military solution was never the solution for afghanistan. it was important to to actually have a much more of a political approach towards this conflict where since 2001. that many of the taliban who surrendered for example in 200120022003 there was a will to talk with the americans and the new afghan government and instead of accepting that and it's that of like supporting also from the lack of support from the taliban because if anyone had no support at all in the beginning of this war the americans mainly and the europeans followed the americans in what they call actually an obsession for counterterrorism and that means you started a war where there's actually no enemy and so does as the people say in this in this

report tars from them have got to stand as well they joined because of the government they're joining because the the the creation of this this this military solution together with the afghan government ok well that's that's helpful background to you yourself lived and worked in southern afghanistan a taliban stronghold tell us how do the taliban influence daily life there. bence well you are i think overall there is. different parts of afghanistan you will have here different stories in for example kandahar appearance why compared to of course the big capital like kabul where there is much less support for the taliban look i think overall that in many ways the taliban is big and is monstrous in some parts of the country and dangerous because there is no alternative as you heard in the report that as well it's not that the

taliban is such a favor and turn of the of to to to what an afghan wants an afghan wants a calm life with proper education and with a job and no corruption iraq that's what many people in the world want sure just quickly what will it mean for women if the taliban expand their power across the country yeah i mean i think many women with the current situation where where you see an increase of violence where you see that the situation where the military has made itself necessary basically by this is actually chaos in the country. and the military from the americans will the draw you will see a lot of women and men who will try to flee i think that is something that i would for see happening and at the same time these western countries who have been part

of the problem of the current situation i'm going to stand do not open their borders for these afghans who cannot survive in this situation anymore. but today journalist joining us there from brussels thank you so much and. well south africa has begun vaccinating citizens over the age of 60 against the coronavirus the country has the highest number of coronavirus cases in africa but so far it has only stated one percent of its population while more than a 1000000 south africans over the age of 60 have registered for the job there are only 87 about nation centers across the entire nation think. it's the day yes i mean me time 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 big scene because i've been going to new conditions and i can do it do they think i'm going to the end says for the predicament i'm glad i'm here it has being very difficult because i have lost my brother through it and this is a difficult time but the government aims to inoculate more than 5000000 senior citizens by late june if enough make seen doses asa 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 the procurement of vaccines has been a way to slow in south africa i mean that's all we were pushing to try to cure

ourselves as a province which is very very difficult you know i mean a lot of countries trying to prepare so it's been part of what it is to international markets have been to say you know we notice you've picked a good 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 political have been calling for local vaccine production but so far no single vic seen in south africa is produced from scratch only a few fill and finished last 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. list what you need.

to see the best. in the us. in the meantime yes i mean meet us finally getting her 1st shots of the biotech phase of vixen and with the hope for the future. it's been difficult for ben since 54 as. you don't feel good and feel the you don't need to use this if you don't need to but i've been so he says. but i do look forward to seeing you and i look forward to being together again with everybody moving again not as many times 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 by 3rd wave of infections since the inevitable. and here are some other major developments in the coronavirus pandemic worldwide india's total coronavirus cases has have surged past 25000000 making india the worst the world's 2nd nation to surpass that number after the us deaths in the last 24 hours rose by more than 4000 meanwhile the number of weekly deaths from coated 19 in the us has fallen to its lowest level in nearly 14 months new cases there have been declining for 5 weeks in a row and chinese biotech company clover says a new version of its corona virus vaccine has shown a strong response against the original virus strain and some variants during testing on mice. with germany having faced criticism for its slow

vaccine rollout some areas are trying a new approach offering the job publicly 1st come 1st served as the project got underway in one berlin district there was certainly no lack of demand. hundreds of people have braved the rain and a 2 hour wait to get vaccinated at this site in berlin's annoyed neighborhood. at the major vaccination centers priority goes to old people then people in high risk groups then medical workers then everyone else today though it's 1st come 1st serve without an appointment. because i found out about it from a notice pinned outside my door i took advantage right away. it's a once off opportunity when you have to wait for a while but i think people should take the chance. i haven't gotten the virus but i've been at home for 2 months i'm getting vaccinated so i can go back to work.

this site is part of a pilot project meant to speed up berlin's vaccination rate at 1st the job was only available at major vaccination centers then personal physicians started distributing shots now pop up sites like this tend to are part of the mix in areas where the infection rates are particularly high like here in the neighborhood is comparatively low income many people here have migrant backgrounds social distancing can be difficult in the often crowded housing found here so the city is trying out targeted measures. so it works well because i think we can do the same thing in other neighborhoods too and repeated here as well you have to bring the vaccination to where people live what sort of. germany's vaccination drive took a long time to get up to speed the new current pilot project is meant to give it

more momentum the problem now is a lack of doses many who came here today had to go back home unvaccinated. football news and real madrid midfielder tony cause has tested positive for cover 19 ahead of the spanish league final match day of the season german international will miss rails. key game against be a rail on saturday cruises club is just 2 points behind it let it go madrid and a win could mean a lot of league a championship is expected to be part of germany's national team when it plays in the european championships next month. with just 66 days to go before the planned opening of the tokyo lympics athletes are publicly expressing doubts that they'll go ahead australian team members gathered for the launch of team uniforms in sydney but most won't get to wear them at the opening ceremony as numbers will

be severely restricted because of the corona virus and for the same reason some are now openly resigned to the possibility of the games being canceled altogether. i guess with everything we just think that. we're all well aware of what's going on . and. everyone. happy with. it 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 ceasefire between israel and palestinian militants israel pounded gaza with air strikes again overnight continues to launch rockets at israeli cities more than 200

people have been killed most of them. that's it for now with your news. program is coming up next i'm terry marsh thanks for watching.

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