it's an ongoing quest story of. being arab spring began in 2000. people stood up against corrupt truth and dictatorship. true for security more freedom more dignity have their hopes been fulfilled. turn years after the arab spring. rebellion starts june 7th w. . this is news and these are our top stories there was further rockets fly over the skies of gaza and they choose day the latest exchange in the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas militants it comes a day off for demonstrations by palestinians across the occupied territories and israel much of the population went on strike to protest israel's bombardment of

gaza at least 225 people mostly palestinians have been killed in 9 days of fighting . spain has deployed military forces off to a record number of migrants crossed into its north african enclave to see you to about 8000 people have made the crossing from morocco since monday by swimming or jumping the border fence many of them are children. and police in belarus have raided the offices of the country's largest independent online media outlets to dubai and blocked its website authorities say it lacks proper state registration to buy has been a key source of information on the opposition protests that started last year it's the latest crackdown on press freedom in better or worse. this is the news from berlin you can find much more on our website d.w. dot com. or

or. the israeli army says in one week a mosque is fired as many rockets as it did during the entire 50 days of the war in 2014 in 2021 the speed and severity of events seem to be on steroids in just one week egypt jordan france guitar mediating u.s. president biden is now calling for a ceasefire and global public opinion is shifting today in a rare show of unity palestinians in gaza and the west bank and arab israelis went on strike demanding to be heard who was listening i'm bored golf in berlin this is the day. the priority is the immediate says station of all violence if burgos is to protect civilians. we have never been faced with such

a serious situation in the israeli palestinian conflict is futile he condemned of rocket attacks by hamas in the strongest possible surface we fully support israel right to be friends but this has to be done in not proportionate in manner you know i have a general problem with the europeans they move on to israel. and they are usually pretty violent day after to morrow or whenever they violence to stop we have to engage to reopen a political writer. also coming up we take you inside to tell a bun territory in afghanistan where some fear the past will soon be present while others say the taliban is the only future they have. we want an islamic state and an islamic government that provides law and order by modern foreign troops and all infidels must leave the country. and

to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states into all of you around the world welcome we begin the day with palestinians trying to speak with one voice and the european union trying to do the same today hundreds of thousands of palestinians in gaza and the west bank along with arab israelis staged a general strike to protest israeli military airstrikes it was a rare show of unity that stretched across the occupied territories and into israel at the same time diplomatic efforts to deescalate the conflict were going at full speed some of those efforts remain behind the scenes the white house not adhering from what it calls quiet and deliberate diplomacy on monday evening president biden for the 1st time called for a cease fire stopping short of demanding israel stop its attacks on gaza today the european union repeated its calls for an immediate stop to the fighting foreign ministers of all member states except hungary were in favor of demanding

a truce europe's almost unified voice is still important in this conflict the e.u. is the biggest donor of aid to the palestinians more on europe's role in just a moment but 1st a look at what happened on the ground today. the streets of hay braun full of palestinian protesters part of a day of anger that saw strikes and demonstrations in jerusalem in the occupied west bank a show of palestinian. shared outrage over the death toll in gaza and israeli policy toward the occupied territories. this is may have been put in at last we must all go out into the streets and fight in solidarity with our people dying in gaza because here we have settlements and checkpoints and an occupation and all palestinians must play a role. in the death toll rose again on both sides on

tuesday on the israeli side rockets from gaza struck a house used by guest workers in the israeli town of ashdod killing 2 thai nationals. the sound of explosions is constant in israeli areas within the rockets range the iron dome anti-missile system stops most but not all. i don't claim and we've lived in this situation all our lives we could say that we're used to it but it's not logical that a terrorist group is dictating how we live so for a few hours you can rest then after that hamas launches rockets it can't continue like this. israeli air strikes on gaza continued fueling a humanitarian crisis most of the dead here are civilians and now thousands of gazans are cut off from clean water and have no access to medicines. hospitals already struggling with the coven 1000 pandemic are stretched to their limits

israel says it is targeting leaders of the militant hamas movement that governs gaza and a system of tunnels israel says are used to move weapons. as global calls mount for an end to the bloodshed the white house says president 5 told israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that he supported a cease fire but stopped short of calling for one meanwhile netanyahu has said israel will not stop airstrikes until hamas pays a price a price gazans are already paying. my 1st guest tonight is able to connect the dots between europe and the middle east hugh love it is with the european council on foreign relations he focuses on the e.u. policy towards the middle east peace process he joins me tonight from brussels mr leavitt it's good to have you on the program every foreign minister today in the e.u. voted to call for a truce between the israelis and hamas the only exception was hungry i want you to take a listen to what the hungary in foreign minister said today. you know i have

a general problem with these european a statement on israel and they never put into consideration the the positive development and the neighbors. and the efforts the israelis make in order to. have a. stable and peaceful middle east now ask you how important is it that hungary did not join the rest of the european union it with me does it even matter. well it's extremely unfortunate but not at all surprising so we have had 4 conclusions from these 27 promises since 2016 so this this issue with blocking states sometimes there's more but it's but hungary is always the blocker in chief of course she has been an important reason for the paralysis of e.u. policy on this file today so it's extremely unfortunate but i think what we've also

seen the fact that that the representative. put out that statement that was supported by 26 it does show that there is a large majority of member states that do support immediate see an immediate cease fire and are willing to move forward in some capacity and circumvent blockage from hungary you know hungary tries to be the spoiler many times but its refusal to go along was expected and it illustrates how difficult almost impossible it is for the e.u. to speak with one voice in foreign policy especially when it comes to israel and the palestinians do you agree. absolutely and as you said you know i think these internal divisions and the blockage of you foreign policy is something that unfortunate affecting a number of foreign policy files but certainly mccombs israel palestine it's the most at its most acute and ultimately i think there is a broader discussion to be had about how to actually move schools to show

institutional reform of you von policy decision making which is a topic beyond this current interview but i think that is that major issue and so absent that reform then i think the only way forward is to see things of like minded states in 26 in this case finding ways to move forward maybe that means outside of the formal institutions because you would require a movie and you to acquire none of this consent but no working around that in their own capacity but at the finish i think it's unfortunate because the e.u. can never play its full potential so long as we have these these issues but the european union does have money i mean it's the biggest donor of aid to the palestinians we know money talks so talk to me about the lid ridge that the european union hands at the moment does the e.u. do i mean for example does it have any sway over hamas. not now i have no sway over hamas because the e.u. refuses to talk to hamas i think talking to movement always doesn't mean it's my

saying it but i think having a degree of relations is important to them be able to influence an actor and move it in a snit particular direction and so the e.u. has no leverage it's already you know sanction the movement so there's not much more else it can do so it refuses to play a political role in that regard but i'm not of a beach point let's take the palestinian authority it's not immediate topic at hand we have is funded by the e.u. the us its main funda that is becoming increasingly authoritarian and under present that capsule passing elections you have tremendous leverage over the p.a. but what has the e.u. done nothing and i think that's another issue it's not having a funny and that which is that in the political will and the vision to be able to use it in the willingness to use it and that is also lacking in the the former u.s. special envoy for peace talks to israel martin indyk he told me last week that there will be there will only be a resumption of peace talks once both sides have a change in leadership that you're just speaking to is there

a similar view in brussels and i'm not quite sure that is that exact view i think there is a recognition amongst many diplomats that there are fundamental challenges on the of the israeli and the palestinian side but i don't think anyone is really calling for regime change i think it's more i would personally speaking in my own personal capacity i think it's more structural issues that were gallus of who the israeli prime minister is he is a political and public discourse will continue to a little open ended occupation and look obvious who the president of the palestinian authority is will continue to have a fundamental weaknesses on the palestinian side and that's we have also this border is a form of palestinian governance that i hinted at just not really but 30 seconds and just ask you but public opinion appears to be shifting becoming more sympathetic to the plight of the palestinians skim the e.u. tap into that change in sentiment. i think that's difficult but even i don't think that's quite how it works i think what it does demonstrate though is that in many

ways the e.u. at least it's not the state governments are somewhat behind the curve and so you actually see in not a number of countries european public opinion calling and full moral accountability towards israel and its own actions and actually it's european governments that have trailed and not me yet taking up those calls you love it with the european council on foreign relations we appreciate your time your insights tonight thank you and here. to afghanistan now and the pentagon's central command says the withdrawal of u.s. forces is 13 to 20 percent complete in april u.s. president biden promised that all u.s. troops would be out by september 11th to mark the 20th anniversary of the $911.00 attacks that triggered american military involvement they are there are currently around $2500.00 u.s. troops in afghanistan on top of $7000.00 from nato allies including germany they

too are withdrawing and a 1st buddhist airplane landed today in leipzig bringing materials back but the withdrawal has triggered questions about the fate of afghanistan heavy fighting resumed on monday after a 3 day truce the taliban ruled most of the country before the us led invasion now the islamist group is seeking to regain control and it is recruiting more find. 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 have 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 these limits state islamic state allows us to fight infidels we dedicate a logic 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 from 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. and that we want an islamic state and an islamic government that provides law and

order with foreign troops and all infidels must leave the country. 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. my next guest tonight is bradley bowman he is with the center on military and political power at the foundation for the defense of democracies but it's good to see you again let me just ask you what if what if you've been hearing is the taliban's return across most of afghanistan after september is that a given among top officials at the pentagon. thanks for the opportunity that this cousin's issue would be you know the commander of u.s. central command general mackenzie as expressed in the last few weeks serious concerns about be out against your forces will do once u.s. international forces leave it really is an open question you know we had had

a afghan study group here that consists of experts from both sides of the political aisle and expressed concern about a all 'd out civil war if force is left on a there is separatist timeline focusing on the calendar rather than conditions on the ground unfortunately from my perspective that's exactly what the buy them astray she is doing there nor in conditions on the ground there nor in advice of commanders were proceeding with a timeline based but to all which mirrors the mistake in my view that the obama administration made in iraq in 2011 and of course we have centuries back 3 years later and i fear want to do the same thing in afghanistan the coming years washington special envoy to afghanistan zomi colleagues i told the house foreign affairs committee today and i'm quoting here we are all skeptical wondering if the taliban are just sugarcoating what they actually will do so i mean am i reading this right the man who is the us go to man for afghanistan he doesn't even know if

the deal with the taliban is worth the paper that it's written on. it's quite an expert comment isn't it you know i i've been of the view that if the united states wanted to withdraw institution it is done now and not bestow undeserved credibility on the tell you know which by the way has refused to break with al qaeda right it's interesting how the west is so eager to follow every every little last don i n t in the agreement and yet one of the fundamental expectations of the taliban under the agreement was the great but i don't you're not them now so you know why would we expect better from them after we leave them we receive now and so i know i'm deeply concerned that the united states our military leaders want to go on have said well no less about the counterterrorism threat in afghanistan after really and will be less agile in the active in responding and you know that's that's concerning from the country give us not all of which is to do what the afghan

president musharraf's gone he said he is not so sure about the future of contradictions. if they do not want peace and want to gain power to violence and impose ivry he had dictatorial regime then depicted on the picture that the force of the feinstein would have to read it and make a decision and that issue unfortunately would have to be decided on the field about . the death the relative have to make a decision that have to defend the country are the afghan forces are they prepared or they are they qualified to do their. fighting and dying to defend their country or you know us since 2001 against the taliban and al qaeda as they fought bravely and they've sacrificed even more than international forces have been let's not forget that at one point there were 100000 u.s. troops in afghanistan and we're down to about 2500 now one of the reasons for that it other than politically motivated decisions has been the fact that the afghan

security forces have added capacity but you know the bottom line is this is a politically motivated decision that's counter based and you know the deadline of september september of this year is just is just really unfortunate because it's. the anniversary of a tax on our country and i hasten to add that you know more than a 1000 of our nato allies have paid the ultimate sacrifice there as well and so it's it's a sad than but i have to ask you before we run out of time i want to ask you about a report that u.s. president from former president drum tried to have all u.s. forces abroad withdrawn and brought back home and that he wanted it done before he left the white house obviously that did not happen but you know let's have an intellectual experiment here for a moment i mean would it have even been possible yeah i know it's you know it's going down for about 4000 now at that time in a matter of weeks would have been nearly impossible and incredibly dangerous let's

remember that when you're withdrawing you have more people on the road 'd or more horrible to attacks and so course there would have been possibly not possible and also quite dangerous and so you know that unfortunately the pentagon was not as prepared as a should have been to implement this decision which frankly they should've seen coming they're still open questions about how i will support the afghan forces from over the horizon transferring contracts logistical support those questions should've been answered months ago for the bowen with the center on military and political power it's we appreciate your time in your insights tonight brad thank you. apocalyptic scenes from california in the summer of 2020 the most destructive that wildfire season in that state's history by the end of the year nearly 10000 individual blazes it claimed 33 lines and burned an area large enough to fit berlin the city of berlin 12 times california is no stranger to battling wildfires even so

no one expected this year size speed and ferocity of the flames in 2020 now and 20 $21.00 californians are bracing for the next fire season a season that started early it appears because of a deliberate act police arrested an arson suspect after a wildfire broke out near to penn state park north of los angeles facing steep and difficult terrain fire crews were supported by helicopters and air tankers on the ground local authorities gave evacuation orders to hundreds of homes under threat areas dense vegetation has not seen a major burn in more than 60 years that helped drive the flames despite the cool conditions and with almost no wind here's the los angeles fire chief we really have to think about brush fires as a year round challenge and yesterday when i woke up it was raining and it was

raining out here and the fire is still burning and that is unusual fire behavior that tells you that the drought that the years of. about have gone by before since the last sometimes as long as 75 years have changed the equation. stefan simons he joins me from pacific palisades in the hills above los angeles good afternoon to you what's the situation there are you standing in a. yeah you could say so let me fill you in and prep this scene here for you what you see behind me this is actually the palace it's fire this is the best if it counts it's neighborhoods here and around that bend you see all those fire trucks there while they go on up that hill all the way there's dozens more dozens and dozens in total there's 50 fire trucks involved in fighting this fire here 535 firefighters and you see those those green trucks you have dealt

in the hot shots this is. an elite fire crew those guys are working 16 hour shifts 16 hour shifts up there in the hills working the line meaning clearing the brush making sure the fire is not coming to us this homes those holes we spoke to residents here and days went to the last 34 days actually absolutely frightening terrified talk to a woman who said why she hasn't slept in 3 or 4 days and she looked really tired so i believe her it's not a good situation here but good news no one of a.q. ations the curation orders and warnings are lifted now l.a. fire and l.a. county fire seem to have a grip on the fire here and you know we've heard that some areas of california the haven't had a burn off in years has been a buildup of thick brush and force debris do officials there did they see a need for better forest management to prevent fires on the scale that we saw last

year. i think they do i know that the officials from the forest service you and they are actually responsible for making those counter burn strike those controlled burns through to get rid of the brush and all of this. they are a little frustrated they feel they're they're getting a bad reputation here they are doing this i mean 165000. square feet were burned last year in a controlled burn of course residents here to tell you a different story they say they say the state has to do more and now this big surprise follow the money the more money you spend on forest management on fire fighting is that or is it the more result in better results you get the governor has now proposed an increase of billions and billions of dollars for exactly that because california is you know is looking at one of the worst fire seasons probably to come i've got 30 seconds for you is it true what the los angeles fire chief said

that fire season is basically the entire year now. yes pretty much the conclusion here that this is not going to go away all year it's an almost all yeah event and the reason given for this is in california anybody us tells you that climate change it's getting hotter there's a drought there's no rain not enough rain everything is a tinderbox see it and come to light in a 2nd all right stephan simons of the pacific palisades in the hills above los angeles where it's easy to start a fire these days stefan thank you. well the day is almost done but the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter news or you can follow me go off t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody. as.

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