a global struggle with and nothing can be done. thurs sports, august 10th on d. w, hulu. ah, ah, this is dw, live from berlin. israel launch has a wave of air strikes in gaza saying it's targeting be islamic jihad militant group palestinian officials say several people have been killed and dozens of civilians injured. also coming up on the show, china conducts another day of intense military exercises in the waters around

taiwan. the drills follow a controversial visit to the island by the speaker of us house of representatives. nancy pelosi and a new era begins for byron in the buddhist lega. that's one without robert levant, dorski. now the champions must find their goals elsewhere as they kick off the german leak season. tonight, against frankfort. ah, i am quite richardson. thank you so much for watching. we begin with breaking news from the gaza strip palestinian authority say at least 7 people, including one child have been killed during israeli airstrikes islamic jihad militant group said, one of its gaza commanders was among those killed. the strikes hit an apartment building near central garza city. israel says it was targeting the islamic jihad militant group. the air strikes come after days of tension in the occupied west

bank. more on this story i am now joined by husband boucher, who is a journalist based in gaza. can you give us the latest on these strikes? he's well targeted mainly 3 places to upload when it goes to city at $100.00 trip. plus i car in east of the city as well, along with other some watched our inventory and the eastern area at least a little stevens were killed, including a 5 year old girl. according to the ministry of health situation now is a quiet patient that would be some rockets out of according to days, let me you had as commander or the chief of days you had spoke on

the news d and d z said that the green light for the fica to fire and to flight. i guess i'm just looking at pictures of the injured being taken away by an ambulance. can you tell us why this was happening now? well this is this, this happened off to the what rate in a city of the west bank last week when the lady already arrested senior leave office. do you have the sense id and linux you had a certain israel with the 8 for this for the rest and negotiations and took place between both the embodies it maybe you'd like me to have done in one side and as well through the captions. categories and the end as well to, to, to reach, to, to rich and to the sci fi or agreement without,

without going into that escalation, which apparently failed up to this moment and days or eighties. wherein both being kind of a buffer and they close the areas along the golden track, close the 2 crossings areas for the individuals and can, i'm shallow for the commercial goods. the company usually comes through that. so that happened like 3 days ago and today out. so it's a big patient that israel did these, these places in garden city and killed police, one commander of the lennox you had and some reports which is still uncle. some others were killed as well. ok hasn't been ashamed cause i thank you so much for your reporting there. gonna turn our attention now to the tensions in these high ones straight in the wake of us. how speaker nancy pelosi is visit to taiwan. china has announced it is suspending dialogue with united states on

a number of important issues. they include military relations, climate change, and legal help and criminal matters. policies visit has enraged beijing, which sees the self governing island of taiwan as part of its territory. in response, china has been conducting intensive military drills in the waters around tie. one chinese missiles began striking the seas north, south and east of taiwan hours after u. s. house speaker nancy pelosi left the island. bartonville need young had a man's aarp chinese state television released video of warships patrolling the taiwan strait for decades. and unofficial buffer zone between china and taiwan. as fighter jets cruise the skies above air cover for the multiple no go danger zones declared by china. in some of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, china has chosen to overreact a new speaker. blasio visited

a pretext to increase provocative military activity in and around what i want st. blinkin is in cambodia for ministerial meeting of southeast asian nations. although as chinese counterpart is also there, the lincoln says the to have no plans to meet. the fact is, the speakers visit was peaceful. there is no justification for this extreme, disproportionate and escal atory, military response china seas. taiwan is a breakaway province, which will eventually come under beijing's control and as deeply opposed to any visits by foreign governments. don't go where you, what china is defending is its own sovereignty, anti rhetorical integrity. what john is doing is safeguarding the basic norms, governing international relations under the common interests of most countries. not interference in internal affairs is a most basic principle for maintaining peace and stability. in our world,

you are through that she faced with the unprecedented scale of china's reaction. ty, one has put its military on alert and is staging civil defense drills across the taiwan strait on the chinese side. taurus come to this coastal town, hoping to witness the military exercises, who indeed china is a powerful country and it will not allow any one to offend its own territory. they take photos in front of a sign which reads the closest place of mainland motherland to ty, one island woman. ppd inquiry crossed the middle line of the taiwan strait with military exercises. our missiles flew over taiwan, which makes us feel motherland is very strong and makes a certain, ty wants return, cannot be suddenly issued. can he insisted that china's army says it's so called joint blockage operation around tie. one will continue through to monday.

i'd like to bring an theresa fallon, now she is the founder and director of the brussels based a think tank, the center for russia, europe, asia studies were welcome to the show. i'd like to start just getting your thoughts on china's air and see drills are round taiwan. it's clearly a show of force, but is it more than that? i think the 2 statements we've seen from both as young and also from the g 7 demonstrates international concern about the regional stability there. this is the very 1st time that it's been such a massive exercise and it also gives other military planners an idea of what china might have in store. should there ever be an invasion of taiwan, for example, the blockade. so they wouldn't even necessarily need to invade immediately, they could cut off their food supplies because as an island it is, it's within beijing's ability to do that. so the blockade scenario. and also what's even more worrying is how the missiles flew over taiwan. that's the 1st time and

also it went into japanese, he said, economic zone. so i think that policies visit to japan, which followed this her visit to taiwan, kind of sent home a very strong message that it's not just about to want. it's also about japan. other countries in the region are deeply concerned about china's growing military strength and assertiveness in the region. so i think that this might be almost an own go by china because instead of countries trusting them and feeling safe because they're so economically dependent on china, they can see if they don't do it. beijing, once there will be economic coercion and can be doing afford a large scale confrontation with taiwan and its allies economically speaking. well, i think you could really informs us because i think neither russia, russia to not expect to see such a united west in regard to sanctions, all even japan and south korea participated in the sanctions regime. so should

beijing have an invasion of taiwan? there will also be sanctions on china, and this is something that they are horrified because they are an exporter and their key markets are the u. s. and europe. so we think that any form of invasion, anti one, god forbid. no one wants to see that happen. but i think that this is more kind of a symbolic signaling that you know, we're strong. you have to pay attention to us. but i think that's investment in the region company. so thinking twice, even before what was going on now with taiwan. and i think that what happened just not too long ago with a comprehensive agreement on investment, which the europeans wanted to get through in regard to investment in china is in the decrease because of chinese sanctions and members of the european parliament diplomats and even german thing tank for example. so i think that china is kind of

showing a new face under she jumping and they're very assertive and aggressive. and i think many countries i'm thinking twice and thinking more strategically about diversifying their supply chains. it's impossible to completely decouple from china, but i think that everyone's thinking more carefully. no one wants to put other eggs into the same basket. and also we, we will likely see insurance rates for shipping in their area in the south, tennessee. go up. so this also makes chinese goods more expensive. so as a world is kind of flirting with recession, all of these issues will come into play. a mentor, some of the tools that beijing has at its disposal to squeeze taiwan. i have to ask though, how likely do you think it is that we would see an invasion? well, my chris about not working so well, but i think that would probably the only upside of the work in ukraine showed how united countries are and how the sanctions really may act as a deterrent for beijing. nevertheless,

she jumping has not left the country in 3 years. his very provocative actions are sending it to me a red flag. taiwan is quite concerned. i think the minister talked about the china dream of expansion, that it will just end with taiwan. we see the missiles also going closer to now which china has some demands on and other countries in the region. few lead this week. the whole 1st island change strategy should tie one, go into beijing's control. would change the economic calculus for the entire region. taiwan is a manufacturer of very advanced chips that all the world needs we saw with the u. s . chip act that they are preparing possibly for that to happen so that they are just proactively investing. so more advanced chips can be manufactured in the united states as a result of theresa found. thank you so much for taking the time. we're going to

have to leave it there. but i want to thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us on the w news. thank you. turn now to russia's war in ukraine. president vladimir zalinski has it sharply criticized the human rights organisation amnesty international after it alleged ukraine, had endangered civilians by basing troops in residential areas. so let's get acquainted the claim to the victim, blaming. and meanwhile, on the ground in ukraine, there are reports of heavy fighting in the south close to the russian health city of hassan and in eastern genetic region. ukrainian civilians have fled their homes, forced to leave by incessant russian shelling a train station and donnette scan, evacuating the old and the young pool exhausted westwards. ordinary ukrainians caught up in fierce fighting and forced to leave their homes with whatever they can carry

with. but we are from a village near lisa chance gifts between the new hans come donuts, regions. our village has been ruined. does no gas, no water, no electricity. we were sitting in the basement for a month. the army brought us here to the w. the government has ordered civilians to lease combat zones in done at st. but the danger may not be just from russian attacks. amnesty international accuses ukraine of basing troops and populated areas, putting civilians at risk and violating the laws of war. keith was furious. it shook to if someone prepares a report in which the victim and the aggressor are allegedly the same in some way. if information about the victim is analyzed, while something the aggressor does is ignored,

this cannot be tolerated in weight. i understand that this particular piece of work because it's critical of the behavior of the earl of ukrainian forces, is not appreciated by the ukrainian authorities and by the others. but the fact is that, you know, international law applies to everyone. ukrainian soldiers face a grinding battle to keep the remaining regions of east and on bus, out of russian control for another and to avoid shelling. and the total was, i don't know, the sort of got the x to the wrong. we sit in the trenches of the enemy shelves, us and we can't even stick our heads out of it. now there are no small arms fights as they used to be. to day it is an artillery battle evil as you just jump into the trench and wait for the strike. away from the front lines, the evacuation of civilians from dennis continues. the question is whether that will be enough to keep them safe. let's bring you up to speed now with some other

stories making headlines around the worlds. a fire at a nightclub in thailand has killed at least 14 people and left a dozens injured. the fire broke out in the early morning at the mountain view, music bar about 160 kilometer south east of bangkok. video circulating on social media showed thick smoke booming from the entrance through which people were trying to escape. and 10 workers are trapped under ground after a mind collapsed in northern mexico rescue teams or working around the clock to get them out. 5 other minors managed to escape. authorities are still trying to make contact with the men or kenya is gearing up for a presidential election next week. that set to be a tight race between deputy president william rudo and opposition leader ready lodging election campaigns and kenya are an opportunity for some people. there to earn money as paid supporters for candidates, but there is also a violence side to campaigning. as of the mario movie now,

reports gangs are paid to intimidate candidates and voters through physical violence. they're even prepared to kill the election season uncanny. i mean, money making season kenyans who are struggling to survive, earn a living by cheering for candidates. it's not about the ology. it's about putting food on the table. single mother, marina. we know mobilizes crowds whenever rubies, women representative. we don't have any job. like 4 children that's supposed to go back to school. we don't have any money. so if we had to run somewhere around 40 on a good day, each woman goes home with around $4.00 to $9.00, says maureen, enough to feed a family for about 3 days. but it's not only women were paid by politician criminal gangs around and ruby do their best business during election season. they're hired by incumbent and aspiring and peace governors and even presidential

candidates. they tell us without us and violence without us being sent to intimidate others. these politicians would never be where they are. he sent us this video from a couple of weeks ago. his gang preparing for a rally, armed with sticks, one carries a pistole. it often ends in a confrontation with the police. earlier this year they were paid to attack supporters of presidential candidate william router. the gang leader says the goal was to disturb his rally to make it clear that this was his opponent. her parliamentary candidate was injured. brutal blamed a dingo for the violence writing. he hyatt innocent, desperate and jobless young people to shed innocent blood. according to the gang leader there, even higher to kill. you'll get an offer of like tens of thousands of euro's to kill someone or cut off some body parts. you'll probably never get tempted again to

run for a political job. elizabeth, why there i was attacked when she ran for a seat in the county assembly never ruby. they pulled her hair and assaulted her sexually. she says she was so terrified, she gave up her candidacy. i had been people been killed. i had seen people get in law. so this kind of things really made me beautiful back. so it really, it really intermittently read myself in recent months to have been reports of aspiring politicians who've been attacked or found dead. electoral commissioner, just listening, i says the practice of politicians, hiring thugs is only possible because there's no real accountability. if people can be stopped, ah, caused to watch for somebody else. obviously that is

a lawlessness. the only thing that we can do is appeal to the government of the day to make sure that people are not intimidated. critics say these practices are undermining the aquatic election process. the people pay to do the say they are too poor and hungry. they don't have a choice. you can watch the full version of that report on our news africa, special on the canyon elections later today. here on d, w also in our media center and on our youtube channel. oh, it's been 2 years since a massive explosion ripped through lebanon's capital bay route. hundreds of people were killed and much of the city was destroyed in the time since no one has been held accountable, and an investigation has stalls. now thousands of people have taken to the streets, demanding answers from the government. protesters in lebanon chanting for justice, 2 years after to be rude. port explosion killed over 200 people and injured thousands more. those affected are still pushing for answers. the blast also

destroyed large swedes of beirut. bella to ne, a country steady need. a deputy are said, their tears in their eyes has his see, and you feel like every person wants to fight hannah to know the truth. jada said, hey, we hope will get their level so many blame the blast on years of inaction. at negligence from lebanese officials, they accused the government of stalling the investigation to evade responsibility for one of the biggest non nuclear explosions ever recorded. and this was bustling neighborhood that was heavily damaged by the blast. reminders of this still open wound are all round. the scores is still there. i didn't turn in the study, especially that we haven't seen justice yet. we haven't moved on

protesters headed to the scene of to 2020 explosion where things looked eerily familiar. remains of green silos, heavily damage and blast collapsed before the eyes. protesters for local residents, the sound of sirens, smoke hanging over the port and helicopters flying overhead. broad back is familiar, feeling that much when i saw the smoke, i felt like i was back at the scene of the explosion. i was afraid again, that way. if lebanon fails to provide answers, rights groups say, don't seek justice through international pill. sports is now and the start of the boonies league a season is just hours away. and joining me to preview the restart is our sports reporter max merrill. hi max. and things are going to kick off with a frankfurt, hosting rainy champions, byron, what can we expect from that match? a well, a fantastic clash and a fantastic atmosphere as well in frankfort stadium,

the euroleague winners who had such a surprising success in that continental competition loss. is welcoming by and who were quite at the beginning of the transfer market. but then as we can see, sally of money joining from liverpool champions when and crown for the 2nd year running africa, men's play of the year, 11 dos his departure, somewhat compensated. so and with hastily through we can see here adjoining to bolster the, the defense 70000000 euros from your vents, us for the former i x player as well. so says cannot bri, extending his contract. another big boost for buying because there were some rumors about him, possibly departing, the record champions. and then my te tell who's only 17 years old, signed for 30000000, is never scored a professional goal ever before, but already trailing with the big boys at by and now. so you are now guzman, the coach is going to have plenty to think about is going to be a bit different, the season without robot. lemme dusky for them, but a great fixture to day to get us started. absolutely. i understand. dormant and lights have also added star names. are they going to be a real threat to buyer?

yeah, well, as always, buying all the favorites, going into this one, looking for 11th consecutive bonus to get title. but dorman made it really interesting at the start of the summer here we can see them celebrating the 10 years ago, their last league i saw commemorating that with some of the plays from back then. but it entails, it's the coach who comes in who is previously has been can take a coach the season before. last didn't get the full time job. now he has a daughter and boy through and through and carry him at amy young player. you can see here joining from red bulls out for a lot of pressure on him to replace owning holland who deposit and then in defense to big name, signing sneakers. not a big journey for 20000000 from fly book, and also nicholas soon on a free transfer from bio there for dalton. so early on in that trying to when it looked like dormant, were really making a charge by and have caught up. and i think outside of that lights, you know, they retained the buddhist, the play of the season last christopher and concur, which was really crucial for them. signed a couple of good deals. but i think by and still the favorites. so the big anniversary for the league, what else is special about this season? yet?

the 60th bundis this season and without robert lemon dosikin early holland, as i mentioned before, now those 2 players are really these stand out scores in the league aside from christopher and concur who has remained in the industry. so some concern there for both by an endorsement losing that top strike is and also the league as a whole, losing a lot of quality. but you know, lit new star signings coming in. the other thing that is happening is that the season is starting early, and then we'll have an extended winter break because of the small matter of the call world cup, starting in november, very unusual use that happens in the summer. and you're going club actually used to coach dockman who is now liverpool coach, had some strong words to say about this early start. my problem is, as much as everybody knows it's not right. nobody talks often enough about it that it will be changed. something has to change. you can just top class players. constantly watch them. oh my god, a great. it doesn't what it. they're just deaf

a definite. it's like what the climate you know, we have to change, but nobody's really well. what, what do we have to do and stuff like this? and i'm, i mean that as well, no doubt about that, but it was really i wouldn't talk about that and just do it properly and say ladies and gentlemen, fee waiver, stop. so this world cup happened to the wrong moment for the wrong reasons. yes. so the kids are woke up not without controversy, not just because of a human rights situation, but as you can clock is outlining the place just don't have time to rest. now basically the bonus like and the premier league will finish off in late november, then, or mid november, rather than just a week later the world cup stop. so there won't be a training camp. there won't be any of the usual sort of lull and football activity as we prepare hold. now to work up, we're getting excited. it's straight away for the top plays. you might even go all the way to the semi finals of final. then they come back the bonus they get has an extended break on the coming back at the end of january. the well cut finishes late

in december, the premier league for instance, coming back on the 26th of december just a week later. so it's a real strain on players, but hopefully today's what will much will be exciting and distract a little bit from okay, everything turned on its head back now from the of the sports. thank you so much for breaking down, pressing this to be that is your news update as our coming up next is ego india, t w's, environment magazine. it looks at the low cost sensors tracking air quality. you can catch that coming up and play richardson in berlin for me and the team are watching. ah, ah, with

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