ah, was use this is to be de leon hughes live from burlington cools, grow israel, and i'm asked to reach a see fire. but israel prime minister says he's determined to press ahead with a military offensive against the islamist militants and gaza wild fire more rockets into israel, sending people land running the cover. also coming up cooling off tensions. russia says it wants to improve relations with the united states. as the 2 countries meet to discuss control of the architect pressure on the border,

morocco's that some security near dispersing people attempting to enter the space that north african unplayed. we hear from some of the thousands, so trying to swim around the barrier and opposition to the tokyo lympics. japan sees a spike in new cove at 19 casings, but the head of the international olympic committee insists with some games will go on. ah, i'm and you can make it and thanks so much for joining us. the german foreign minister hi comalla has arrived in israel and will later also visit the palestinian territories in the hope of brokering a peace agreement between the 2 parties. overnight.

more rough hits were fired from garza and israel launched another series of astro early this morning. despite this senior hamas official says he expects israel and gaza millison to reach a cease fire within quote, a day or 2. now the cross border attacks continue since the fighting started 10 days ago, more than 200 people have been killed. and many of those victims of children. wow. a young girl rescued from what was once her family's home destroyed in an air strike. she was buried in the rebel for hours as her siblings and mother died around her calling for help. the 2 days later, she's recovering with her father in hospital severely traumatized. her name is susie. on the matter of finding that along the way,

i heard the voice of my children. from beneath the rubble calling me, i heard my son's voice calling dad, dad, before he suddenly became silent. he's 2 and a half years old and my daughter was calling me dad dad, a few words. then she went silent to get him out. all these really army has been showing the gas strip targeting how much this tunnel systems there. they reported that they took aim at about 50 targets, but there's no guarantee there won't be innocent deaths to say we don't, we hope we can restore why we can go with it. but i want to say that we're doing that while doing the utmost to avoid civilian casualties. palestinian president, my food boss, has called for an immediate end to the fighting with the attacks and destruction in

gaza, or is really occupation led to terrorism in a war crime that is punishable by international law. what the media had out, however, and into how still it is in the middle east still seems a long way off. meanwhile, and gaza. susie still isn't talking. she's only just started to eat and drink again . the doctor say they can't get her the psychological help. she needs because of the fighting. if any victims are innocent here, it's the children. for more in this that cross straight to dw correspondent tanya kramer, who is in jerusalem and she should be joining us quite soon. alice cloud, german. can you, if you can hear me the, that she is german foreign minister, high school math is traveling to the region this morning. what kind of diplomatic push can germany or the you contribute to ending this current conflict?

well the half in a lot of cold by you remember states and other countries to de escalate the situation. but this hasn't really translated in the past days to any escalation on the ground in israel, the visit by the german foreign minister high come off, who will end up here this morning is seen as a support, a visit of support and solidarity. this a german for a minister hiking must have said before leaving that he also had a contact in the past stays with his counterparts in amman and cairo. also acknowledging that the main mediation efforts are caused here locally, regionally on the ground. so there's not really the expectation that a breakthrough come during his visit. you today. he will be meeting with israeli

officials and politicians here during the day and will also then move onto my la to possibly meet with the president tanya, we understand that that be no rocket sirens since 1 am in israel. is this possibly a sign that hostilities a slowly decreasing well, the hasn't been rocket 5 for almost 78 hours starting from midnight. but just about over half an hour. good 40 minutes ago where rockets being launched from mainly into the near border town areas around the gaza strip in israel. so of course the other hand of you seen also in the report is read has continued heavy bombardment on several targets and areas in the gaza. strip. so of course there's a lot of speculation, you know, whether you know this, you no longer periods of quite might indicate that there's a willingness, at least from the gaza side to quietness down. but you know,

nothing is for sure in this regard. and yet we have heard, i must say that they expect to reach a cease fire with israel within a day or 2 is not plausible, tanya. well there are a lot of reports on that at the moment, but we have to stress there were a lot of conflicting reports about a possible see fire in the past days as well. now there are reports that maybe i could be in place some time by friday. so there are reports that egypt as one of the main media as a stepping up its efforts and the details of being hammered out at the moment. but nothing is confront than that. that's happening, of course, behind the scenes. and also the question is, what is the position of israel because we heard prime minister benjamin netanyahu again stressing that is at these publicly. you said that a wants to continue its military campaign. until until when we know when it's

happening and ending. alright, t w's tenure crime in jerusalem. thanks so much. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines at this hour. protests have taken place in denmark against the repatriation of syrian refugees authorities recently revoked to the residency. permit of more than $200.00 syrians, many have lived in denmark for years earlier this year. the danish government, the club parts of serious safe enough for refugees to return. demonstrators have clashed with police in the columbia and city of many of nationwide protests entered the 4th week. they were triggered by a government plan to raise taxes that have since been fueled by anger, over poverty, inequality and police violence. 140 people have been killed in a security crack sounds. thousands of french police officers have protested

outside parliament in paris, demanding best protection. and punishments for attacks against them. it comes 2 weeks after an officer was shot dead while on duty in the southern city of avenue of the us secretary of state, anthony blanket has held his 1st meeting with a russian foreign minister. so gay lover of in iceland, they said that countries can find ways to work together despite that differences ladbroke cool, the talks constructive and said preparations would begin for a possible meeting between the 2 countries leaders. but also part of the architect counsel, an international forum aimed at increasing co operations in the region. our partners are our allies bill and for more now we are joined by d. w correspondent, emily show when, who is in moscow. emily,

thanks for joining us. and can you tell us what's come out of their 1st face to face me? thing between the us secretary of state and the russian foreign minister? well, i think the main outcome of this meeting is that the meeting happened at all. that i think is the most important fact here. it's the 1st high level meeting between russian officials and us officials since jo biden's administration started this year since then, really relations between russia and the u. s. have been on a downward spiral, especially since joe biden agreed with an interviewer, who called flooding your putin a killer. he agreed with that statement that was really a red line for the russian side, i think, than the u. s. hit russia with new sanctions, both sides expelled diplomats of the other side. and the, and russia has even included the u. s. in a list of unfriendly countries which limits the diplomatic commission,

the u. s. diplomatic mission here. so things are really bad between the 2 countries . and considering that, i think the tone of this meeting that we saw yesterday was actually rather constructive lover of called it constructive. he also talked about the facts that the 2 countries could cooperate on. for example, i've gotten this done on also trying to restore the iran nuclear deal blinkin for his part, talked about cooperating on climate change and on fighting the corona virus and la grove expressed optimism that the 2 countries could over it. come what he said was the gulf that had formed between them. it's also no secret that we have our differences and when it comes to those differences as president biden is also shared with present food. and if russia acts aggressively against us, our partners are our allies. bill will respond and president biden has demonstrated

that in, in both word indeed not for purposes of escalation, not to seek conflict, but to defend our interests. now emily blink and also told love ross that the u. s . once a predictable and stable relationship with russia. now, there is this possibility that's been mentioned of a summit that could take place next month between us president joe biden, and his russian counterpart vladimir person. given the tone of the meeting that we've just seen, is that some it likely to take place? i think this meeting does set the scene for that. we haven't actually heard any official confirmation from the kremlin side that the meeting will take place. we don't yet know where it will take place. apparently it could take place on in a neutral country, as the kremlin said, kind of a european country, perhaps it seems to me that the kremlin has been kind of playing hard to get there

a little bit. and we heard yesterday as well from la grove, who said that he is that meeting so place it would have to take place on an equal footing. that's the main thing here for the russian side. and i think that's part of why we've seen this escalation, including the troops build up on the ukranian border that we saw in march and april . many experts here said that perhaps that was a signal actually aimed at almost black mailing. the us to come to the table with russia and hold talks. now lincoln did also use this opportunity to address his concerns about the health of kremlin critical se, navarro and the how did level respond to that? well, we know that blinking said that he, that he addressed that with love for if we don't know what love ralph said, i would assume that he would have said that that's not a question for the foreign ministry to answer at all, that,

that's russia's internal affairs, we do know, however, that following that statement from lincoln, the prison service here in russia has released a statement about alex seen by the house saying that he is better after his hunger strike after ending his hunger strike his health is improving and that he has the possibility to communicate with his families. so rather positive statement there. i think the fact that lincoln mentioned alex in viney at all is almost a signal to the russian side that you know, yes, the u. s. is willing to play ball, but they're bringing up this red flag for russia on this very sensitive topic of the opposition politician alex in viney, who's in prison, and who caused all these protests who organize all these protests this year? so i think that shows that the relations between the 2 sides do remain difficult. he w correspondent, emily show and moscow. thanks so much. now,

inside russia, a government crackdown against supporters of the jailed opposition figure. let's say nevada me is costing many work because lead jobs try duty and say a wave of politically motivated firings has swept through state run enterprises. d . w correspondent, you're ever chateau met one subway worker fact signing a pro, nevada, me petition today of guineas, donovan is just a guest and moscow's famous metro system. but just a month ago, he worked here as an escalator technician. then monday he received his dismissal papers without warning. his donovan says he was fired for political reasons. the switches thought they mean the history of him and i was surprised at 1st. then i felt awful. but then i got angry. you have any donovan was known as

a diligent worker and says his work was never once criticized in the 3 years he was employed by the metro. but his signature on an online petition proved to be his downfall. in april and the run up to the protest demanding the release of alex seeing the volley he signed the document in support of the opposition leader. he was just one of about 400000 russians to do so. let me think, i've never been to a protest. i'm not interested in the volley as a politician, but as a human being and a citizen of this country, and just like him, each one of us can be subject to the whims of the authorities. the police change tank at the most recent major protests in moscow on april 21st instead of mass arrest. many activists were subjected to intimidation and punishment. days later this was repression. many were visited by police after the protest somewhere charged and jailed. others were fired or thrown out of college. the firing of

guinea donovan was not an isolated incident. moscow's metro workers' union is currently being inundated with similar cases. not done it up, but we've received more than 40 complaints on the phone. but i think there will be even more about 60 dismissals altogether. the more nobody when the mouse firings were brought up at a press conference kremlin speaker dmitri pascals maintained that the workers were let go for having taken part in unauthorized protests. and employers had the right to do so. but you have guineas, donovan claims he has never taken part in a protest because anyone can make mistakes. but i didn't. i voice my political opinion. if the state carries out such punishments, it'll achieve the opposite of its aims. people will want to join the opposition. i've always been silent, but no more checking which together with his union ge donovan plans to sue his

employer, the moscow metro. although he doesn't believe he'll succeed, he wants to keep fighting, even if it's only a symbolic gesture. hundreds of migrants have again tried to force their way into save to even as spain continues to expel some of the thousands who had swamp or clock climbed into its north african enclave. since monday, morocco appeared to loosen that border controls following a diplomatic dispute with spain. but it has now stepped up security on its side of the border desperation. just outside of soda would be mike when scuffled with moroccan security forces pushing them back. they were blocking the border off the spanish enclave. as they turned to night clashes broke out. police eventually managed to wreaking control and disperse the crowds of mercy. young men

decided to get across the board as great migrants who reached the spanish enclave often said, they have no choice but to leave morocco. i've given them all. i'm here to look for a better future than in my country. there we have no rights or anything best. nothing, no work, nothing. okay, what are you going to do? i will not go mean the father is young. when on the way media, local spanish residents say the situation is tense, many feel overwhelmed out. currently there's so many arriving, it's really unusual. we in a kind of state of emergency here, and many residents are really afraid to that article more to me, other people and i personally, i feel safe out on the street. i'm not afraid, but i'm a teacher. and at the moment, many of my pupils are not coming to classes because they're scared, those attempting to swim to say, and now immediately picked up by spanish soldiers, the number of people crossing into. so to reached

a peak earlier this week with some 8000 entering in a single day, spain has since deployed the army to patrol the border and send the migraines back . speaking to parliament in madrid, spanish prime minister pitcher sanchez were going to restore order and set them nearly 5000 migrants what had been returned. and the span of remind you that the border with soda is not only a border between spain and morocco, but also european border. and that in this case, the lack of control by the moral can authorities is not only a lack of respect was vain, but also to was the european union. officials in madrid say they are reinforcing so to sport is to prevent more rivals. the european union will resume talks today and finalizing plans for a vaccine passport scheme to reboot, travel across the block. denmark might already have a prototype. it's introduced

a domestic system that has allowed the reopening of venues from gibbons to the famous typically gardens w. terry schultz checked out how it works. i social life is back in full swing in denmark. so yeah, of course we're very happy to hope that we hope to see the guess the ticket to resuming activities inside or enlarge groups. is the corona pass verification that you are fully vaccinated? have in unity jacoby 19 or have tested negative within the last 72 hours. most people use a mobile phone. that is relatively like, allowed to resume indoor training and early may. jim owner regard hanson has an entry system, worked out. you should be the 1st person that shows ups will kick everybody else's passes and they get the shiny little head on. so everybody knows. so today's natasha was a placement corona officer and your vaccine. yes,

i think less than 20 percent of dean's are fully vaccinated. so for most people keeping a corona pass, current requires standing in line to be tested every 3 days, maybe half an hour, 40 minutes, and is it worth well worth it? denmark has the highest testing rate in the european union with half a 1000000 danes getting check each day about 8 percent of the population. that provides authorities a wealth of information every day and even almost by the hour. we know the number of positive tested people in denmark. we know exactly where where are they tested, where do late they live. nielson says local municipalities can use the data to quickly intervene in case of an outbreak. but privacy advocates insist the personal information revealed by a corona pass should be strictly limited. the latest version of the app allows almost total anonymity to showing whether or not you're in the clear. camilla

gregson has been working with authorities on this evolution. even though when, when we have as serious situation in society fighting and they put demick, we should not, we shouldn't just skip our fundamental fundamental principles about it. they to security and privacy. but some feel constant monitoring should not be necessary to access social activities. they say that's a violation of their personal freedom. and if i don't want to get tested just to get in somewhere, when i, when i'm perfectly well, all the sushi is helping organize opposition to the national corona virus strategy . he views the path as an example of creeping governmental control. why should the state know like every time how often you go to union meeting, how often you go to sport clubs and different patterns of your life? but most teams welcome the system as their passport back to liberty. at least one entre printer, real bar has set up its own testing center to make the wait for that precious green

light more bearable with a beer. the in football. well, the cup winners, thomas miller, and not some of have been welcome back to team germany one month before the european championships. they were told they were no longer needed on the team back in 2019. but coach lewis says they will be valuable in the upcoming tournament. mila has had a stella season with by an munich, and is the bonus leak as taught assist, mater and hummels, helped put dotson into next season, jump in and take care now where the drum beat to counsel this. some is already postponed to lympics and paralympics has been echoing on the streets. doctors also joining calls to stop the event, but the spice of spike and cove. at 900 cases, the head of the international olympic committee and the games will open as planned

in july the i o c's thomas bar in the upper left, loomed large over the start of the tokyo meeting, insisting the games will go on. we are now fully focused on the delivery of the olympic games. it is after all box international olympic committee holding the ultimate se into whether to hold the games. the host city contract says so signed by all interested parties in 2013, when tokyo won the rights to host. in the termination section, it says the i o c has sole discretion to terminate should safety be threatened. i, in the midst of a brutal 4th wave of corona virus infections poll after poll show a clear majority in favor of terminating the games over a fear is it could become a super spreader event box. some said should cancel the olympics while in tokyo for

this week's meeting. he actually stayed home though, in switzerland. when i do not know that isn't coming means he cannot come and that implicitly recognizes japan's emergency situation. so thinking a video now to show all will be well for the japanese people during the olympics and paralympics box points to bench rehearsals in which athletes competed and were housed in a strict bubble. and he added, most teams will now bring additional health professionals. should corona, virus infections occur with our japanese, the partners in france? i can only re emphasize these 40 commitment of the i of the, to organize together. they've, big and harlem be games for everybody. momentum. so important in many sports events is not on box side at the moment, but it's still the i o c's call, whether to cancel the games,

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milan and conversation between israel and the palestinians are gone into the 2nd week. i guess this week from jerusalem is michael freeman policy, israel's foreign minister country. now listening. so the key criticisms being leveled by the by live ministration and go back to seeking a 2 state solution. conflict. 60 minutes on the w. o. the me species an expedition to look into the secret language of we'll be exciting part of underwater listening . if you're giving you a window into their, their life that you would never,

you never see. we accompany a research team to the pacific to include language of whales starts june 4th on d, w. the news . hello and welcome to focus on europe. i'm lar, bella, thanks for joining us today. coven! 19 vaccines are giving people here in europe. hope that a return to normality is soon within reach. a corona virus pandemic has put an unprecedented strain on doctors and nurses on some parts of the continent. the pressure in hospital wards is now.