played. this is d w news live from calls promos for an end to the conflict between israel and the palestinians but israel's prime minister praises his military's efforts and human ness and yahoo says he has no doubt the latest asteroids have set hamas militants back many is also coming up spain's prime minister flies out to the country's north

african on plates a bit tough to get to grips with a growing crisis after thousands of migrants cross the border with morocco. promises of restaurants and shops reopened often more than 6 months of lockdown the government says coded 19 numbers on living in the right direction and clubs. your evasion is back semi finals also taking place for the ground final set for this saturday after the pandemic cancelled last year's contest. and you can pick and then thanks so much for joining us. calls are intensifying

for an end to fighting between israel and hamas militants in gaza francis filed a draft resolution at the u.n. security council with egypt and jordan calling for a ceasefire but despite international efforts to find a solution israel is keeping up its strikes on gaza and hamas continues to launch rockets into israel. more rockets flew through the skies over gaza light on tuesday but missiles fired from there were intercepted by israel's defense system israel says it responded with targeted strikes prime minister binyamin netanyahu says they will continue as long as it takes to restore security and they're having success. about this i've received your views about many attacks against thomas and islamic jihad they received blows they did not expect i have no doubt that we set them back many years. israel says it's targeting leaders of the militant hamas

movement that governs gaza and a system of tunnels used to move weapons. but continued israeli airstrikes on gaza a fueling a humanitarian crisis most of the dead in gaza civilians and thousands of people were cut off from clean water and have no access to medicines hospitals are already struggling with the covert 19 pandemic a stretched to the limits efforts and now an overdrive of the united nations to try and find a diplomatic solution to the crisis france's drafted a security council resolution calling for a ceasefire but there is disagreement among council nations on the best way forward the palestinian ambassador to the u.n. is demanding action. this is what we are talking about the security council is shameful act. we've not even

expressing a unified position calling for the end of this aggression. but as long as rockets are still being fired from both sides into the conflict is nowhere in sight. let's speak now to alexander off lumsden off a member of the german bund to start for the german business friendly possibly f.t.p. he has also served as vice president of the european parliament it's a great pleasure to have you with us today thanks for join joining us germany says israel has a right to self-defense against palestinian militants but given the many civilian deaths in gaza would you say the israeli attacks are proportionate. well i think it's important to look at where this all started out this started with a barrage of missiles fired from gaza indiscriminately it is rigged civilians this is the starting point of the current conflict the israeli response was to be

expected it is measured in that the israeli military usually calls ahead and warns the inhabitants that strikes are imminent gives them time to evacuate but then sometimes and you have pointed out there are civilian casualties for a very simple reason how muss which is a terrorist organization puts it missiles launched pads in civilian areas has its weapons stash was in civilian areas and therefore it's sometimes absolutely impossible to avoid avoid these regrettable and sad and tragic events in which civilians lose their lives as well but it's a measured response from israel very clearly in the face of an unprecedented attack from a must have measured response now most e.u. foreign ministers have called for a ceasefire between israel and hamas but a failed to reach the unanimity that might give the e.u. leverage in peacemaking how much influence can really bring to stop this conflict.

the european union has one very obstinate member these days that's hungary that is the only country that has blocked a common resolution but we have texts i mean there is no excuse for the european union not to be inactive if you look for example at the council conclusions of 2016 january 26th when you will find a lot of elements that are very very good foundation to base europe's work on in the region with the partners it offers both sides by the way israel and the palestinians a privileged partnership it wants to have achieved a peaceful settlement of the conflict so i think europe has an opportunity to do something it's regrettable that they couldn't reach unanimity at this particular point in time now but that's simply due to the fact that rick dorgan the prime minister of hungary and tries to block anything and everything that the european

union tries to do these days ok outside of europe the international international community has been calling for peace negotiations then would you say would be most likely to leave then the u.s. seems slightly hesitant. yes because the president but i understand his 1st term and most american presidents have only taken up the mantle of trying to solve the problem in their 2nd term but i believe that the. the quartet should be reactivated to the united states the united nations the european union and russia and they should invite all of the relevant actors from the region and the one problem that that everybody has really is that it is impossible to find a legitimate interlocutor on the palestinian side palestine has not had elections since 2006 president abbas no longer enjoys democratic legitimacy the palestinians are split between the fatah and the west bank and hamas in the gaza strip so the

palestinians need to decide who is going to speak on their behalf and the moment they have done that it will be a lot easier to engage to rican gauge negotiations that are so sorely needed what more could general that the german government be doing to mediate in a situation. where i believe for the time being israel's military is the institution that protects the population from this terrorist attack and so we cannot give any advice on military operations obviously but i think the primary role of germany really should be to try to hammer out a european consensus to try to convince airings not to stand in the way of such a consensus we have historic ties to israel france has much stronger historic ties to the arab world which actually gives you a good positionally if france and germany can see eye to eye on the situation can see eye to eye on a possible solution i can see eye to eye on a negotiation process of political horizon i think europe has

a role to play because we are the most important market for both sides the palestinians and the israelis so at the long and in the long run there is an incentive for everybody to engage and europe can play a role. xander thanks so much for joining us today. now some other news making headlines around the world the u.s. has condemned what it calls anti semitic remarks made by turkey's president type at all on the state department did not specify which comments it was referring to added one has criticized israel for conducting air strikes on gaza accusing it of carrying out terrorism against palestinians prosecutors in the u.s. state of new york say their probe into former president donald trump is now a criminal investigation the move widens a probe into the finances of trump's company the trump organization the former president has in the past said the investigation is politically motivated police in

belarus have raided the offices of the country's largest independent online media outlet touched by and shut down its websites by has been a key source of information on the opposition protests started last year it's the latest crackdown on free media in belarus. now spain's prime minister petro sanchez made an emergency trip to the north african on flavor amid worsening bilateral relations with morocco on monday a rest cord number of migrants crossed into save her from morocco in a single day spain's interior ministry said many had already been sent back. they kept arriving all day most of the african migrants reached by swimming some 2 kilometers along the coast of morocco or on land passing a 10 metre high wall which spain had erected. more than 8000 people cross the

border into the spanish enclave on monday a single day record spanish official said spain deployed biami to patrol the border and sent the migrants back to morocco soldiers did not shrink from using force. about half the people who are arrived have since been expelled back to morocco spanish prime minister of sanchez visited center to show the government support before the trip for me the state got me pretty remarkable percent of my priority as spain's prime minister at this moment is to guarantee the control of transit through the border with morocco provide the cities of south then millia with everything they need to resolve the humanitarian crisis as a result of the arrival of people and to proceed with the immediate return of people and i repeat the immediate return of everyone who has made a new regulation can say that in 1000000 or as if you laid it in the agreement of

spain and morocco have signed years ago because there's nothing. migrants from africa have been attempting to get into europe via the speech for years but they have never crossed in such numbers. some reports as well as this food just more complete allowed many of the migrants to cross over to so to unhindered because of a diplomatic spat with spain morocco is upset that a separatist leader who is seeking independence for the western sahara region ruled by morocco is currently getting medical treatment in spain officials in madrid say they are further reinforcing security and to prevent any further arrivals. cross over to our correspondent nick colorists who's in madrid call tell us how things are looking this morning. well after a very tense one and a half days it seems that they want to is waking up too much colma situation this

morning this is not only because the spanish side has sent in special forces to do with the situation there have also been talks in the background diplomatic talks and it now seems that the moroccan scientists started to control this water again there's still a few intends to cross it of course but it seems to be manageable in the meantime spain has announced that they have at least turned for thousands of the migrants that had crossed back to morocco they can do that because there is a very old agreement between morocco and spain that actually makes it illegal for to do these express returns many thousands though are still also in in our commit day sions right now emergency economic day sions this is particularly also young people under 18 which are not accompanied and also vulnerable groups there needs to be a more thorough check into this situation and what will happen next to this to these people but as you can imagine the normal reception centers that are usually or

overwhelmed with the many people that are still there so the next step will be to look into what will happen to them and they're also obviously a humanitarian aid. that's also a humanitarian aid on site to look after these people ok so so many have been returned and yet the fact remains that thousands were able to cross the border to say it's in the last couple of days how has that been possible. it's all been possible because the moroccan side basically stopped controlling the crossings they usually get a list spain look after this border this is a shared responsibility both sides look into this matter but they have neglected to that and it's thought that this is due to the diplomatic to crow and this border is quite steep tragic as well it's not only spain's most southern border it's also an external border of the u. so in opening it this could just just chaco another migration crisis and morocco

seems to know that and they seem to have been outraged by the diplomatic row and they're using these migrants as bargaining chips to show what can happen when they just take their border control off and you mentioned a diplomatic 6 spots can you tell us a bit more about how this whole situation was triggered in the 1st place but it's not that they have officially admitted it but of service thing that this has to do with the western sahara region a region which had been annexed by morocco in the seventy's and since then and many of the here's spain and also other countries such as germany have expressed that that would support an independence of this region's region and now of this has always been a thorn by morocco side and just recently spain has taken in the lead to off a group that also fights well the independence of the western sahara region to get the medical support he's actually recovering from the coronavirus and that has

sparked outrage on the moroccan side and it was thought that this is what led to this situation a display of power that shows what morocco could be capable of if they're upset about something i don't have any correspondent nic colorists in madrid thanks so much. now france has taken a big step towards reopening up to 6 months of coronavirus restrictions out door dining is now permitted it cafes restaurants and bars although not yet at full capacity cultural venues including cinemas this is an museums are also back in business it's all the next stage of the government's plan to ease the country out of lock down its tax a nation campaign has picked up and the infection rate has dropped although caseload remain high in some areas. and joining us now from paris in front of the moment the cafe is correspondent lisa lisa france is reopening

its restaurants its cafes tell us how the parisians are feeling today. well people here are exuberant myself included i actually ordered my 1st breakfast in 6 months on a prison terrace just earlier this morning at this cafe behind me and there was a couple sitting next to me they'd also have their 1st coffee on the terrace in 6 months and they had gotten up half an hour early and were doing a little happy dance when the coffee arrives people who are here are really happy that life is returning to the capital as you said there are still restrictions in place only 50 percent of the seats outside are allowed to be taken up and there can only be up to 6 people at any one table the insight space is the place for visitors and apart from that there are museums theaters and cinemas that are reopening all

of these places with restrictions in place such as non-essential shops there are also a reopening again today here in france i can i can hear the joy in the excitement in your voice lisa i have to say i'm very envious now there's a curfew has been a curfew and frances is also being eased what exactly is changing what else will be happening from now on. well for about 6 months now at least here in paris we had a curfew in place that was starting at night at 6 and then recently at 7 it was pushed back to 7 o'clock at night that basically would mean meant that we didn't have any social life at night the freedom about was you know you work during the day you go home you have dinner you going to bed now this gives you is being has been pushed back to 9 o'clock at night and many people have been saying in advance you know we will really looking forward to our 1st beer our 1st glass of wine and also terrace

here in paris or in other places in france really and they're looking forward to that but the because this is the 1st step towards a social life you know the return of social life here in france more restrictions are set to be lifted in the coming weeks if the situation fixation allows for it. president. said and i quote we have to rediscover our french lifestyle what does that mean exactly is it the glass of wine or what is it about the french lifestyle that the people need to grab. well i think it's it starts that sense of social contact the president himself had his 1st coffee on the terrace this morning or actually he was pacing about that on social media this morning and i think many people have actually got to learn how to be in contact with others we all kind of hold up a knowledge of flax apartments and abbott afraid of going out myself included now you have to rediscover that social contract and bad joy that the reviewer left or

says here in france. correspondent lisa newly in paris thank you so much and enjoy your coffee. i will. now france is not the only country taking steps out of lockdown earlier this week britain also lifted some restrictions allowing into the dining and trips to the cinema for the 1st time in months but the spread of a new more contagious variant 1st identified in india is causing concern cases of the variant have more than doubled within a week in the u.k. and the northwestern town of bolton is the hardest hit as both to choose britain waits. search vaccinations are underway in this northern english town to combat a rapid rise in cases of the covert 19 variant test identified in india it's already the dominant strain here and it's likely to become dominant nation more and

what we've noticed is us are virtually the same both. the transmission has been happening in the younger age groups i've been getting a lot of pressure on our central government especially to make sure that we can rely the vaccination as quickly as possible and essentially what i've been saying in recent days after accelerate the whole also before the end of may this is a delicate moment in the u.k. it's fight against cave it 191 thousands have been vaccinated here in the last few days alone these measures are unlikely to contain the spread but the same there eant already detected in dozens of areas in england you cave had a successful back the nation campaign so far some 70 percent of adults have had at least one dose but that still leaves a considerable number who are unvaccinated and authorities here warning as among that population that this strain could spread like wildfire this variant is

considered more transmissible in the u.k. is dominant kent strength what isn't known is by how much a significant increase could see hospitalizations search but there is reason for hope in both in the majority of those in hospital haven't been vaccinated despite being eligible to sign vaccines a whacking. information we've seen a j.c.b. and suggests that. our current vaccines do confer immunity against even this new variant we're picking up novel virus infections but we're not seeing severe disease. in a fearful way so. so i think it's quite likely that we'll. be able to vaccinate always this one. as some remain cautious others are enjoying new found freedom and. socializing indoors returned across the country this week with the restrictions due to be lifted in just over

a month but the government says the next few days will be key dates your own case numbers and transmissibility will help determine with the england continues down its path to freedom oh puts the brakes on its road map out of lockdown. now it's kitschy austin a little weird but for a lot of people it's the highlight of their year at the eurovision song contest held annually since $956.00 success last year but it was canceled due to the coronavirus now the competition is back to the semifinals a taking place this week with the main event set for this saturday hosted by the netherlands. they're getting ready for the world's biggest music contest dimitri event d'evelyn and get our diehard your vision fans despite the pandemic limiting this year's event they're excited for to go ahead in their hometown rotterdam i was ready to celebrate everywhere to do everything to be all outs

and on the streets and no it's just a tiny bit more toned down but the fact that it went to rotterdam made my heart so happy in 2020. singers and bands from 39 countries will participate in this year's you're a vision. like this city an 18 year old singer from malta. if you excuse my french the winner of this year's contest will be chosen here in rotterdam a whole year arena. inside rehearsals are ongoing with lot to be on center stage. next up is switzerland. during rehearsals the seats remain empty but when the contest takes place up to $3500.00 fans will fill the arena it's a big challenge to do that while maintaining safety during the pandemic everyone is tested at least once every 48 hours to make sure that we don't get any infections

inside the compound secondly of course it's the usual measures. based social distancing at all at all places except if you're sitting down and can maintain your social distancing as a back up all 39 contestants have recorded performances in case of infections for me to point to. is also excited to finally perform in front of a live audience again. he'll be singing for the host country the netherlands his song birth of a new age is an ode to people standing up for themselves with his powerful message he is one of the frontrunners in this year's event. my song. about knowing your own worth your self-worth and realizing that that is the thing

that keeps you standing on your feet in difficult times it's also people who stand up for themselves and who claim their space within their society within the world saying i deserve respect i deserve to be seen as a rich. mcroy says sharing his music with europe and the world is an awesome thing but he admits that he does miss the typical eurovision moments. it is a pity that you don't get to me like a lot of the found sometimes our fans standing i'd like to have the venue and that's that's that's a nice moment always because they always want pictures yesterday they were singing the chorus of my song you know and then you get like a taste of what. you know what it probably usually is all your version experience the song contest comes at a challenging time this year but the fans are determined to celebrate their champions no matter what.

his age reminds us of our top story. the calls are growing for an end to the fighting between israel and hamas militants in gaza promises fall draft resolution of the un security council with egypt and jordan calling for a cease fire holding 200 people have been killed in the conflict sites. are up to date and so much for watching.

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