disrupts the provision of health care and other basic services water hygiene and sanitation israel says it's targeting senior hamas militants in the group's tunnel network the military released this footage which says shows strikes on 5 houses belonging to camas commanders. 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 commander we have hit a hamas novel unit and we continue to strike at underground infrastructure ecommerce mentor and other targets we will continue to act as necessary to restore peace and security to all residents of peace trail. 7 the escalation in violence began after clashes between israeli police and protesters over the planned eviction 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 ash that were residential building was damaged and several people were injured. as global called for an end to the blood the white house says president biden told attend yes when a phone call that he supported a cease fire but stopped short of calling for one. a cease fire that is gently needed as the violence on both sides continue to spiro. what's going update from our jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer tanya 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 poured in another night of intense it's done by the israeli military the israeli military has said that there

is targeted to get in 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 anything. casualties or injuries among the civilian population in gaza we're talking about the civilian population in 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 and 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 electricity supply of gaza had always chronically a problem with electricity but it's getting lower 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 content really proper precautions now. calls for 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 to seems to be no concerted effort to really push for an immediate cease fire. we know that there mitigation 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 to come pain 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 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. check up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world

today the u.s. treasury has imposed sanctions on 16 myanmar military leaders and their families over the deadly attacks on civilians following the military coup the army seized power in february claiming elections have been rigged it has killed at least 800 people in attacks on pro-democracy supporters during widespread protests. 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's decision will likely come next year. heavy rains in brazil's amazon rain forest have caused 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.

well at least 14 people have been killed in india after a powerful cyclon battered the country's west coast site clone tape left a trail of destruction as heavy rains and storm surges damaged structures and toppled trees and power lines around $200000.00 people were evacuated to storm shelters from low lying areas in his navy is searching for scores of people missing after one ship sank another lost power due to the storm. and let's talk to dave correspondent manure a child 3 in delhi human error there is an ongoing rescue operation at sea i understand what more can you tell us about that well this particular barge is even talking about it or did it what do you see people on board and what are the latest well while they did what he thinks have been. lonely and he often also didn't want

it why did some of those in the east not report it might be on the seat that they're trying to. now some $200000.00 people were evacuated from low lying coastal areas to sort storm shelters elude police according to reports i'm reading it that's raised fears of even more corona virus infections are these fears just a find. yes how did 2000 people have to be located that had given rights to the themselves of the why does 35 bill collector what can be got that's all that the recent bill bradley got some to try to get ahold of let's. just let it get us that long and it happens of course that well we hope it will be quite good at you know. how many sometime by any chance that time to prep a bit lately that gives the situation comes to come to this that they see and i think the number gives us all to say. now the government has been sharply criticized for its handling of the pandemic how well is it dealing with this

natural disaster on top of that or is that being left to the individual states when asked by accident will not come out the national government has been looking into and of the state governments are you going to finance minister as not saying that it's not at all does he defenselessness do well actually that they can't just rely on all the help that they get to see that i mean it's decent of the state it's have been impacted or have been hit in the hardest by thanking them they also reportedly got an instant will happen what's it mean that the heads of the government to these politically astute i have them to give that the variations on it once so what are weather conditions looking like now moving forward at the moment either the british not coming from the met department the cycle began to be critical of the heavy rainfall is expected in a lot of areas the 2nd is i do need to get because if it made landfall is the best sustainable job last night and it continues to be less than what the last bits of

vision but in a couple i was 'd yet to see you been to the site. and there are thank you very much for that update that was our correspondent there a child very there. well let's get you up to speed with some other major developments in the corona virus pandemic the number of weekly deaths from covert 19 in the u.s. has fallen to its lowest level in nearly 14 months new cases where there have been declining for 5 weeks in a row. 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 variant steering testing on mice and australia's government is resisting calls to open up overseas travel the country plans to keep its borders closed for most international travelers until the middle of next year. south africa has begun vaccinating citizens over the age of 60 the country has the highest number of coronavirus cases

in africa but so far it has only made 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 $87.00 vaccination centers across the entire country. it's the day yes i mean meta 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 in they see because i could only condition. i can do it do they think i'm going to the end of the predicament that. it has being fitted because because i have left my brother through. this is a difficult time that the government aims to inoculates more than 5000000 senior citizens by late june if enough to make seen doses the 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 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 pretty 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's even south africa is produced from scratch only a few fill and finish 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. time. just what you need. to. see the best. and we do this. in the meantime yes i mean meat is finally getting her 1st shots of the buy on take a big scene and with the hope for the future. it's been difficult for penn to space

me for as weak you don't feel good at anfield and you don't need to since you don't need to but out there so it has to be. i do look forward to seeing you and i look forward to being together again with a view body moving again that's as me time and obviously 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 seems inevitable. around 5000 migrants have entered spain's north african enclave say some swimming almost 2 kilometers along the coastline from neighboring morocco one man drowned in the crossing during a record one day and plucks of people to the territory who is one of 2 populated spanish and claims on mainland africa authorities are sending security

reinforcements to the area amid worsening relations between spain and morocco bit 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 the whole families and mine is to try out the crossing some even resorting to an inflatable boat. it's the biggest of rival of migrants ever seen in say. more than a 1000 children was 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 $100.00 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 eat expired that says 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 nato troops also on the ground 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 well before the u.s. led invasion the taliban ruled most of the country now the islamist group is seeking to regain control and recruiting more fighters. a rare glimpse of another world a home visit with the taliban. welcome come on in. 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 there oppressing the people of this country. 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. state allows us to fight infidels we dedicate our logic to it we also want islamic sharia and taliban law to be implemented. but. 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 aren't very 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 threatened to imprison or even kill him if he didn't pay up 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 ultimate goal. we want an islamic state and an islamic government that provides law and order with foreign troops and all infidels must leave the country. that nato 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. or for more let's speak to journalist better adult who spent years living and working in afghanistan she joins us from brussels thanks for being with us this morning betto foreign troops have already been drawn down in afghanistan will it really make much of a difference when they're gone altogether. yeah it's difficult to say. i think it's also important to understand that. overall over these 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 instead of like supporting also from the lack of support from the taliban because the taliban have no support at all in the beginning of this war the americans mainly and the europeans follow 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 there's as the people say in this in this report tars from them have been astonished 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 helpful background you yourself lived and worked in southern afghanistan a taliban stronghold tell us how do the taliban influence daily life there.

the bends where you are i think overall there is. different parts of afghanistan you will have hear different stories in for example can the hire of pines why compared to of course the big capital like kabul where there is much less support for the taliban but 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 that advertises well it's not that the taliban is such a favor of a turn of the of to to to what an afghan wants an afghan once a calm life with proper education and little job and no corruption in iraq that's what many people in the world want sure but 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. journalist joining us there from brussels thank you so much and.

well it's just 66 days to go before the planned opening of the tokyo a lympics athletes are publicly expressing doubts that they'll even 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. if they did get bought out because. i guess with everything happening we just have to accept. that we're all well aware of what's going on. and we don't want to threaten the security of the japanese as well that's really. what we can be. doing everything we. got everyone. being realistic. happy with. you're watching g.w.

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. he's happy she got a spot at como institute for inclusive education. here people like jenny who have mental disabilities are trained to be education specialists now know the issues mentally disabled people deal with 1st hand. academic track for people with disabilities close up.

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everyday life for many. we are as smart. because life is diversity. make up your own mind. w. need for minds. today we're going to meet simple people who have intellectual disabilities have signed up for a 3 year program looking to train and as education specialists at the university level . the candidates are being interviewed today here at the institute for inclusive education in cologne.

through. the program is aimed at helping individuals who have disabilities become more fully integrated into the academic world and to help them meet more independent lives a total of 50 people applied to be admitted to the program. there's a lot of competition the best and i didn't know what to expect one with very much it's a bit but i'm excited about it after that it's institute we want to promote inclusion in higher education. by. now i said i'd be like a different sort of professor at exactly the university lecture me out there i'd like that a lot. ok here i am you were born in iran yes i speak 3 languages. kurdish german wow.

i suffered from oxygen deficiency early on and that caused some visual impairment in my optic nerve. but my disability is not an obstacle for me is just. wish people would give me more time to say things. if you. have been living with this disability for 28 years now. i've had a lot of ups and downs that normal people haven't gone through but i can get along fine when i have to. this. most of the candidates have jobs and workshops for people with disabilities i don't think you should work there until they find out what the been exceptions for the university training program. i have a learning disability so it takes me longer to memorize things i suffered from

a lack of oxygen and that destroyed some of my brain cells. it's just something that i have to deal with sometimes i think about it quite a bit and it's not always easy for me to come to terms with it. a monster is blind for a long time he's been looking for a job it's more challenging. i need more work please. get soundproofing material coming if you want. that since monday february 22nd 2016 . i need more again. jenny enjoys her choppiness most a quick shot. down against not is

a chance there i've got a chance now to teach people about what life is like for those who have to submit latina to me been not only am i think that's really exciting find that. florian lives in his own apartment at his mother's house was not as they used to say probably never learn to walk. do you recognize these photos. and live that was in lipstadt the right before they put you on the ventilator where you were breathing for several days with the help of the machine went well and then things slowly started to get better. oxygen deficiencies among infants can cause serious problems in development florins mother has learned to cope with the situation based father has not. i think it was

incredibly difficult for his father to accept that florian is the way he is. or was at that time. you have are. getting ready for the i think he always wanted a son that he could do things with like roller blading or playing football. but when florian was growing up that just wasn't possible. now how did you deal with. it was tough very difficult. but i said to myself he's my son it doesn't matter that he has a disability he's my child and i love him just the way he is don't. you know. come on when i look at pictures from when he was younger. and then think

about all that he's accomplished in his life. yeah it's pretty amazing. come on now staff. start trying to. communicate with her it's hard for me when i think that a problem i had when i was born can rule. makes such a big difference later on. everything's good c'mere. that's really not ok when i look back on it now it's really just. the thought i think you've done so well flow just a few minutes can change your life forever. new clues just a few minutes. weeks

later ministre just a technical university decided to join a training program. we're very impressed even if you sound happy yeah. and i just want to say that i really like to have you on our program i'm so pleased yeah yeah i'm glad. that workshop was like jail and i had to get out. and now you can then. dad congratulations. yeah yeah. yeah. yeah yeah. for the last month or so he's been saying that he's the 1st college student in our family. that i kept my fingers crossed that this would happen and now it has had the. mayor come out.

right in there and i wanted to say that we were all very impressed with you and we think that you'd make a good education specialist and we'd like you to join us. i have a training position yet. 2 almost all of the trainees have attended special schools but not a university challenge the educational opportunities had seemed limited but that's going to change some. of the games and in this whole way we have classrooms on the right and left if you could not get out of the output in some cases the professors conduct seminars that can last up to 90 minutes or. is that what we're going to do and don't have we had a lecture like that in the 3rd semester in

a room like you see here on the phone often for that good so we stand up in front of the class and teach i think right now for 2. years because. the participants will face a number of the challenges in this program but. you have 3 years to learn the road course it'll go by quickly that. i have tons of questions but i think this might be the longest job title in the building social worker and social education specialist i would have to say and this means master right. master of science i was the master of disaster when i can muster my brain shuts down that's all it takes place not because this exercise is aimed at helping you to get to know each other better now it's called the triangle

of common ground. and no one fighting. to group begins by sharing their likes and dislikes the world would know something was shit simply they have much in common. was it that's great a friend of mine does that new music get it right but then if music is about it who i like everything and i think i like writing. it more than try to write there's doubt then tried i don't like writing i don't mean either but. yeah that. and yet also write about what he went happy i'm having common for both dave and what should i write that we both have muscle spasms post more so than let's start like this keep it simple.

to do no offense but there is some things that i don't like to talk about. though i do when i have as a but you can talk to me normally it's just a few of their. you know union fabien quickly find out that they have a lot in common and not just a disability. now discovered. 2 months later the training program is moving right along who wouldn't know. they've been here i'm the university instructor here. i'm doug my bros i. want us and over there other students with their little shy. as she can start by introducing ourselves to one another and raising

a month where are you from indonesia i am happy to have. cats it's very common and i love the farms and welcome everyone but i'm really glad that you're here today for our joint seminar toward. supported decision making. positions. campfire and so on we'd like you to tell us a bit about herself so. if you want to know for example whether you'd like to start a family as it is shown me my top priority right now is my career at. the laos is done and once you get a job and figure out how to do it here's how to advise what i pick can be a lot of fun. so i'm ready for anything if i was awful. good credit you guys can explore different options of them you can say i'll do this

seminar and then this one and this one all the way there we can do that too but because of our disability our choices are limited people have differed on tradition from for what was postscripts have learned a lot today why. they follow the seminar i was a bit nervous i hadn't had a lot of contact with people with disability it's not even a school. understand that said was unusual. but every night the seminar. for talks to us openly and that was really impressive for the if i was. that i think we were a little shy at 1st we just stood in the corner elephants and then they started asking us all kinds of questions. i thought the seminar was great and we got a lot out of it. going on. the program participants have to get used to one source of experiences that include speaking to a group today actress and performance coach you need to do list to help them

develop their skills when you get back up to a month or so showing us it's good to have you folks here i am pleased to be here. and i really don't looking forward to this. meeting you. go hey what are some of the things you can do to make a good impression on your audience in the you know in perth you have to present yourself with all thorazine. what do you mean by authority over. this man you've got to show people that you want to tell them something it's like you're saying to the audience hey look at me i've got something important to tell you. this has my so you draw attention to yourself. right ok very good what else has parts not. all this funny but now you need to be a bit spontaneous and teach people in

a way that's not boring and make someone to interact with you and taxi. amid all so can we say that you should try to make the best impression possible. worth something like that. as a script that well there's no right way or wrong way to talk to an audience i use a lot of different techniques and the story each of us here today will do it in their own way. it would really be a shame if we all sounded the same that wouldn't be interesting and no one would listen life is this very kind of song when it was also now i'd like you to tense up some of your muscles but keep breathing naturally don't make it too tense. ok ok let's do the biceps 1st.