ah ah ah, this is dw news alive from berlin. israel launch has a wave of air strikes in gaza saying it's targeting the islamic jihad militant groups. palestinian officials say several people have been killed and dozens wounded. also, can we not show trying to conduct, say, another day of intense military exercises in the waters around taiwan. the military

drills come, as beijing says, it is cutting dialogue with united states in a number of important areas, including military relations and climate change. the show can years paid election, gangs, or reporter meets the people prepared to harm and even killed political opponents. for money was a new era begins for buyer in the buddhist league, up one without robert levin dorski. now the champions must find their bowls elsewhere as they take off the german league season tonight against frankfort. ah hello, i'm hi richardson. thank you so much for joining us. we begin with breaking news from the gaza strip palestinian authority say at least 8 people, including one child have been killed during israeli airstrikes islamic jihad militant groups had one. it's cause

a commander's was among those kills the strikes, hit an apartment building near central garza city. israel says it was targeting be islamic jihad militant group. the air strikes come after days of tension in the occupied westbank. let's get across the dw atanya cramer in jerusalem. tanya, can you give us the latest on these strikes? well, as you said and resumed resource several airstrikes, by the is really military on the gaza strip of this afternoon. and according to the palestinian health ministry, at least 8 a people were killed among them. a small tide as well as an a commander of the islamic good g huts, militant group, a commander from the north and gaza strip. and this came actually after days of tensions and warnings, but also days of the mediation, a surrounding, you know, route between a go, between gaza minute infections,

especially the islamic jihad and israel with egyptian mediation. and does this risk of turning into another war in the territory? well at the moment, i mean this all started or when the israel i arrested a senior islamic jihad commander in the northern west bank beginning our of our last week our, than the islamic jihad, that's a smaller faction in the gaza strip, which is ruled by the hamas militant group had threatened with retaliation and then a israel's military had declared in the area surrounding are the gaza strip, you know, many roads are closed for the past 3 days. are there have been people were told to stay at home and then we saw are these airstrikes in the are here today in the afternoon or killing? are several people and especially one of the islamic to heart commanders. of course

it has a lot of warri, a right now in garza that this might be developing into another major escalation. it is expected that there will be some rocket fire coming out of garza and or israel has a, you know, declared an emergency situation for up to 80 kilometers. asking people you know, are surrounding the gaza strip to say to stay near shelters. that would also include a cities are like a tel aviv, and of course, in garza or people, i have as still the memories of last year's a war or on garza so it is a very, very difficult and 10 situation. obviously, tenure, kramer forest in jerusalem. thank you so much for that update. let's turn our attention now to the tensions in the taiwan straits in the wake of u. s. how speaker nancy pelosi 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 health and criminal matters. policies, as it 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 us. how speaker nancy pelosi left the island bartonville meet young had the missouri 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 the taiwan strait

. blinkin is in cambodia for ministerial meeting of southeast asian nations. although his chinese counterpart is also there, the lincoln says the 2 have no plans to meet. the fact is, the speaker's visit was peaceful. there is no justification for this extreme, disproportionate and escal atory, military response china seas taiwan as a breakaway province, which will eventually come under beijing's control and as deeply opposed to any visits by foreign governments to go where you, what china is defending is its own sovereignty and territorial integrity. what john is doing is safeguarding the basic norms governing international relations. and the common interests of most countries. not interference in internal affairs is a most basic principle for maintaining peace and stability in our world view through that she been 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. children. 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 between, we 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 stopping to. can he insisted that new. china's army says it so called joint blockage operation around taiwan will continue through to monday. earlier i spoke with theresa fallon,

the founder and director of the brussels based thing tank, the center for russia, europe, asia studies. i asked her for her assessment of china's air and see drills around tie one. 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 hawaii. 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 in 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 be using 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 in 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 as theresa fallon of the center for russia, europe, and asia studies and brussels speaking to me earlier. and let's go to russia's war and ukraine. president vladimir zalinski has sharply criticized the human rights organization amnesty international. after it alleged ukraine, had endangered civilians by basing troops in residential areas to lensky, acquainted the claim to victim blaming. and meanwhile, on the ground in ukraine, there are reports of heavy fighting in the south. close to the russian held city of her son and the eastern jeanette grey jen. ukrainian civilians have fled their homes, forced to leave by incessant russian calling. a train station in donetta,

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 miss, but we are from a village near lisa chance kits between the landscape donuts. grievance. have village has been ruined. there's no gas, no water, no electricity. we were sitting in the basement for a month. the army brought us here to the and i believe was nothing. the government has ordered civilians to leave combat zones in don etzky. but the danger may not be just from russian attacks. amnesty international accuses ukraine of basing troops and populated areas,

putting civilians at risk of violating the laws of war. keith was furious. he assured 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. somebody. i understand that this particular piece of work because it's critical of the behavior of the, of ukrainian forces is not appreciated by the ukrainian authorities and by many 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 eastern dumbass out of russian control for another. and to avoid shelling. similar to, to letting us the seller's gonna the exit. we sit in the trenches, the enemy shelves, us and we can't even stick our heads out. now there are no small arms fights as

they used to be. today it is an artillery battle evil as he just jump into the trench and wait for the strike. away from the front lines, the evacuation of civilians from dannetta continues. the question is whether that will be enough to keep them safe. let's find out more about that report from amnesty international that we just heard about our correspond it matters. belanger is in cave and i asked him for more on what exactly ukraine is being accused of. whether you are the, i miss internationally saying that sir, no, ukraine is basing troops near civilian objects near residential areas that they're using. scores on hospitals to host troops on that that would put civilians at danger because these gosh schools or hospitals would then be bombed and, and, and, and her then also neighboring um, apartment blocks or whatever civilian objects,

shops, et cetera might be also hit. so they are basically accusing ukraine of not duly protecting civilians are by this, these tactics. and they are suggesting that ukraine would better keep its troops either in designated military compounds. or they have also written in woods near by or, or similar places so that they would not be close to civilians. and that any attack on them would not endanger civilians. or you've been covering the war in ukraine since russia invasion, based on your experience, how accurate are the reports findings? so the fact that a ukrainian troops are in the cities in the city and same cities, of course, that where civilian is lived, that's not a secret. and everybody knows that. and i have also seen troops being in public buildings and buildings that used to be used to civilian purposes before the war. so this is definitely happening and it's definitely happening that are close

to these areas. shells go down that people suspect that they were aimed at these specific facilities. um, but there are several floors in this report. first of all, of course, um we've asked the same question actually to military commanders, to civilian administrative personnel, politicians and ukraine. and what we heard was, how do you protect a city? i'm the russians are trying to take the cities and we need to defend them. so how do you defend the city without being in the city and that something, of course, amnesty is a military advice might not be very adequate on. you cannot defend the city by hosting your troops in a forest near by and the ukrainian army. pretty much fears, open field battles because they say they don't have the capacity to meet russians in the open field. there would be a very dangerous tactics for, for the soldiers and lead to many casualties among the soldiers. and so in order to

protect the cities they need to be in there, i was, there was a said that um, when talking specifically about buildings like scores or, or, or whatever, it was under a specific time that they always evacuated these buildings. they're not hosting the soldiers in the same facility where civilians are um and that there is of no alternative because these are the only sturdy buildings. but the biggest flaw of this report is that they accuse ukraine of not doing enough to protect the civilians by evacuating them on that out rightly fours because ukraine has started a huge evac asian missions from the dawn bus in april live, asked every civilian to leave the region and they've also offered transport, evacuation, trains, bosses, et cetera. and these have been running until the last moment. they have been attacked by the russians. if you remember the attack on chroma tools, so this is all outright li falls under do not even mention these efforts. um,

so this is definitely a problem of this report. ok. mateus. boeing are for us in ukraine. thank you for that update. and we can bring you up to speed now with some of the other stories making headlines around the world. but as president vladimir putin met with turkey's president at the black sea resort of so she hootin is looking to boost trade and economic ties with turkey. president air to one said he hoped the talks would reset turkeys, ties with moscow. safe passage for ukrainian grain was also on their agenda. if their 2nd meeting since russia invaded ukraine. a fire at a nightclub in thailand has killed at least 14 people and left dozens injured. the fire broke out in the early morning at the mountain v music bar about a 160 kilometers south east of bangkok, video circulating on social media showed thick smoke billowing from the entrance to which people were trying to escape. u. s. government has declared a monkey pox, a public health emergency denouncement freeze up money and other resources to fight

the virus. and he parks can cause a fever, aches, chills, and fatigue. more than 7000 americans have become infected to 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. right, load dingo election campaigns in kenya or an opportunity for some people there to earn money as paid support or for candidates. but there is also a violence side to campaigning. seat of these my own will are now reports, gangs are paid to intimidate candidates and voters through physical violence. they're even prepared to kill the election season in kenya, 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 when her robe is women,

representative as we don't have any job, like 4 children that's supposed to go back to school. we didn't have any money. so when we had to very, somewhere around 40 on a good day, each woman goes home with around $4.00 to $9.00, says marine enough to feed a family for about 3 days. but it's not only women who are paid by politician criminal gangs around and ruby do their best business during election season. they're hired by incumbent and aspiring m p. 's 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. you sent us this video from a couple of weeks ago. his gang preparing for already. with one carried episode. it often ends in a confrontation with the police. earlier this year, they were paid to attack supporters of presidential candidate william router. the

leader says the goal was to disturb his rally to make it clear that this was his opponent. parliamentary candidate was injured. bluto blamed danger for the violence writing. he hired innocent, desperate and jobless young people to shed innocent blood. according to the gang leader, they're even higher to kill. you'll get an offer of like tens of thousands of euro's to kill someone or cut off. somebody puts, you'll probably never get tempted again to run for a political job. elizabeth was there, i was attacked when she ran for a seat in the county assembly and there will be, they pulled her hair and a thought to sexually. she said she was so terrified, she gave up her candidacy. i had seen people been, i had seen people get in last saw this kind of thing really made me feel so bad. so it's really, it's really intimidate myself in recent months that have

been reports of aspiring politicians who've been attacked or found dead. electro commissioner, just as i says, the practice of politicians hiring thugs is only possible because there's no real accountability. if people can be stopped, acquires to vote for somebody else. obviously that is lawlessness. the only thing that we can do is appeal to the government of the day to make sure that people are not intimidated. critic say these practices are undermining the democratic election process that people paid to do this. say they are too poor and hungry. they don't have a choice. you can catch the full version of that report on our news african special on the canyon elections later. say here on d, w and on our news, youtube channel niger area has one of africa, largest economies,

but is currently grappling with high inflation with millions of nigerians already living below the poverty line. many are struggling to survive. getting by on a day to day basis, this has led to a surgeon, people only buying what they can afford, purchasing their basic necessities in tiny quantities. spike and single use plastics as environmentalists worried ah. shops in logos decked out with colorful ropes of tiny plastic packages, washing powder biscuits and cooking oil. even water is sold in single serve sashayed. the rise of nigeria is sasha economy has followed growing inflation. many people can now only afford what's needed for one meal. because i don't have money to buy because that's what i buy most better. if i buy been with us, i will have more by millions of nigerians leave on less than 2 us

dollars a day. global events like the pandemic and the war in ukraine have pushed up prices, forcing millions more into poverty. environmentalists say that this is having a direct ecological impact. the small packages are quickly discarded, adding to nigeria is plastic pollution crisis. impact oversight o'connor me means that we have more thing, we think being put into danbury at a very, very alarming way, wasn't it? wasn't it of content for the ocean? what people on planet plastic waste can also block canals and caused flooding, often in lago says poorest neighborhoods. compounding, economic and environmental problems for residents struggling to survive. ah, sports now in the started the buddhist league season is just hours away, champions, byron munich,

and their newly acquired superstar sanyo manet travel to frankfort. that's the club that's managed to win the europa league last season. while finishing in the bottom half of the buddhist luca lp, hoping to find their european form against fire the perennial, teamed beats. we're not even a week into august and already there's talk that this could be the year, but some one, any one. finally supplants by a munich, a top, the bend is legal, polish gold machine, robert levin dove sky has moved on. but liverpool stand outside. your money has moved in after 10 straight. been this league a titles in munich. there's still plenty to worry about for an opposing coach. head of the season opener is ach viewing is really on the much of these. it's hard for other teams to make up the gap that's grown over the past 10 years of nevada and just one season is emphasis on indic. but that doesn't mean will be raising the white flag his minute diversified. m. f will give her all to start the new bonus,

legacies, and elephants with a home when i am seeking to know upon his own system. burn will not take frankfurt lightly, even if it never quite clicked for the police champions in the league last season. there's too much talent, plenty for an opposition coach to worry about. that after molex the after the rope, a league when they've built up the self confidence they may have lost in the bonus liquor. or that just wasn't there because of the league results yet. but the fans are euphoric and ali glassner is an outstanding coach on the glass as nettles, on atlanta to top teams brimming with confidence, going, taught to tow on a hot night in frankfort. a tantalizing way to get the nubian does league a season off and running as we heard one man who won't be in the bonus. leger this season is robert levant, abaski. he has a new help in our slona. the former by our munich striker, was unveiled at the camp now on friday. and it didn't take him long to win over the fans who showed up to greet him under pressure to perform the polish star. did it

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