a global struggle for water thirst distorts of august 10th on d, w. ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is dw news wife from berlin. israel launch is a series of airstrikes in gaza saying it's targeting be islamic jihad militant group palestinian officials say several people have been killed. and does it are we just also coming up on the show. china conducts

a another day of intense military exercises in the waters around taiwan. the military drills come as beijing says, it is cutting dialogue with the united states in a number of important areas. including military relations and climate change. and kenya's paid election gangs or a border meet the people prepared to tom and even kill political opponents for money. ah hello em claire richardson a warm welcome to the shall we begin with breaking news from the gaza strip. palestinian authorities say at least 8 people, including one child have been killed during israeli airstrikes. the strikes hit an apartment building near central garza city. israel says it was targeting b as womic jihad militant group in response to re quote, imminent threats. the group confirmed one of their gauze commanders was killed in

the air strikes, and vow to target tell if he's in retaliation. yet he corresponded tanya kramer's in jerusalem earlier. she gave me this update. while as you said, to resume resort several airstrikes by the is really military on the gaza strip of this afternoon. and according to the palestinian health ministry, at least 8 people. well, 2 days of the mediation of surrounding, you know, route between i got between garza minutes infections, especially the la mc g hot and israel with egyptian mediation. it does this risk attorney 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 is

a small affection in the gaza strip, which is ruled by the hamas militant group, had threatened with retaliation. and then a israel military had declared in the area surrounding are the gaza strip, you know, many roads were closed for the past 3 days. are there have been a people were told to stay at home and then we saw are these airstrikes in the are here today in the afternoon or killing a several people. and especially one of the islamic to hard commanders, of course, as a lot of warry are 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 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 televi than of course, in garza or people. i have still the memories of last years of war or on garza. so it is a very, very difficult and 10 situation. obviously, tenure came a forest in jerusalem. thank you so much for that update. let's turn out his tensions in the taiwan straits 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 and 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 war ships 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 and use speaker blows his visit as a pretext to increase provocative military activity in and around the taiwan strait, blinking his 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 is 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 on territorial integrity. what sean 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 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 is 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 tie one island home in 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 tie wants return, cannot be stopping to kanisha that china's army says it's so called joint blockage operation. around taiwan will continue through to monday and now to russia's war on ukraine. president bullied him, his alliance. he has 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. meanwhile, on the ground in ukraine, there are reports of heavy fighting in the south close to the russian held a city of cast sun and in the eastern doughnuts region ukrainian civilians have fled their homes, forced to leave by incessant rushing, shelling,

a train station and on at sc, evacuating the old and the young, all exhausted westward with ordinary ukrainians, caught up in fierce fighting and forced to leave their homes with whatever they can carry with. but if we're from a village near lisa chance kits between the live hands can 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 bought 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. the issue, 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, 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. hello julie was, i don't know the so let's go to the exit. we sit in the trenches, do the, the enemy show those 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. others . he just jump into the trench and wait for the strike. away from the front lines, the evacuation of civilians from done it continues. the question is whether that will be enough to keep them safe as bringing up the speed now with some other stories making headlines around the world brush. as president vladimir putin met with turkey's president at the black sea resort of so she couldn't 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. it was the 2nd meeting since russia invaded ukraine. a fire at a night club in thailand has killed at least 14 people and left dozens injured. the fire broke out in the early morning at the mountain b, music bar about a 160 kilometers house. east of bangkok, video circulating on social media,

showed thick smoke billowing from the entrance where people were trying to escape could out in the u. s. government has declared monkey pox, a public health emergency, the announcement freeze up money and other resources to fight the virus. monkey pox can cause fever, aches, chills, and fatigue. more than 7000 americans have become infected. what 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. hello. didn't go election campaigns in kenya or an opportunity for some people there to earn money as paid supporters for candidates. but there's also a violent side to campaigning. as d, w morrow move there, now reports gangs are paid to intimidate candidates and voters through physical violence. they're even prepared to kill inaction season and county. i mean, money making season kenyans was 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 for no rubies, women representative. 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 run somewhere around for an 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, nor will be do their best business during election season. they're hired by incumbent and aspiring and p governors and even presidential candidates. they tell us without us and the 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

a ready armed with big one carry hip is 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. brutal blamed a dinner for the violence writing. he hired innocent, desperate and job as 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 were there, i was attacked when she ran for a seat in the county assembly and there will be 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 last saw this kind of things really made me feel so bad. so he clearly it really intermittently been 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, coils to vote for somebody else. obviously that is so 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 democratic election process. the people pay to do their say. they are too poor and

hungry. they don't have a choice. you much the full version of that report in a special edition of deed of you news africa. on the canyon elections here on dw, and at any time on rti de leon news, youtube chow. that and more is coming up next with my colleague, rush energy. after a short break, american always buy more on our website at w dot com. thanks much watching departure to the to day. this means flying to a foreign planet. in the 16th century,