on violet boss and re imagined that these teachings for relevance to gandhi's legacy. floor to august 6th on the w ah ah, this is the w news wire from berlin. israel launch is a series of air strikes in gaza saying it's targeting the islamic jihad militant group palestinian officials say several people have been killed and dozens are wounded. 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 united states in a number of important areas, including military relations and climate change. and a new era begins for byron in the buddhist leg, up one without robert levant on ski. now the champions must find their goals elsewhere, as they call the german league season tonight, against frankfort. ah, hello, i am quite richardson, thanks much for joining us. hello cindy and help official say at least 9 people including one child have been killed during israeli air strikes it. gaza. the strikes hit an apartment building near central garza city. israel says it was targeting the islamic jihad militant group in response to a quote imminent threat. the group confirmed one of their goals commanders was

killed in the air strikes and vow to target television in retaliation. des tanya kramer is in jerusalem earlier, she gave me this update. well, as he said and resume resort several airstrikes by the israeli military on the gaza strip this afternoon. and according to the palestinian health ministry, at least 8 our people were killed among them. a small tide as well as an a commander of the islamic good d 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 on a surrounding, you know, route between i got between gaza minute infections, especially the islamic jihad and israel with egyptian mediation. and 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'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 jihad 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 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 forests in jerusalem. thank you so much for that update one the wake of us house bigger nancy. pelosi is visit to taiwan and china says it is suspending dialogue with the united states. that includes things like military relations, climate change, and legal help in criminal matters. and policies visit has enraged a beijing which sees the self governing island of taiwan as part of its territory. in response, china has been conducting intensive military drills off 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 meet young had a man's aarp 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. a new speaker blows his visit as 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 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 and territorial integrity. what sean 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 eci. but they're 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 should. 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. woman between, we crossed the middle line of the taiwan strait with military exercises. al muscles flew over taiwan, which makes us feel motherland is very strong and makes a certain, ty wants return, cannot be suddenly issued. kenny insisted that china's army says it so called joint blockage operation around tie one will continue through to monday. that's been up to speed. now. what's the other stories making headlines around the world's overnight rain has given hope to fire fighters on the 2nd day of a forest fire in it grew involved for us on the outskirts of berlin. but there is still the danger that ammunition stored at the sight could explode if it, if ignited so far. no one has been injured in the place. russia's president

vladimir putin met with turkey's president at the black sea resort of so she bruton is looking to boost a trade and economic ties with turkey. president our 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 their 2nd meeting since russia invaded ukraine. a president will it him as a landscape has sharply criticized the human rights organisation amnesty international. after it alleged ukraine had endangered civilians by basing troops and residential areas, soleski equated 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 in the eastern genetic region, ukrainian civilians have fled their homes, forced to leave by incessant russian shelling a train station and on etzky, 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 we are from a village near lucy chance gives between the lou hans, come donuts. g regions have 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 with the government has ordered civilians to lease combat zones in donnette sc. but the danger may not be just from russian attacks. amnesty international accuses ukraine of facing troops and populated areas, putting civilians at risk and violating the laws of war. keith was furious. he shook too if someone prepares, the 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 aggressive 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 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 eastern dumbass out of russian control for another. and to avoid shelling. and the total was not the sort of got the x to the wrong. we sit in the trenches, 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. 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 dennis continues. the question is whether that will be enough to keep them safe. i jerry a has one of africa's largest economies bought 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. and that has led to a surgeon, people only buying what they can afford, purchasing their basic necessities and tiny quantities. a spike in a single use. plastics has 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 sashay 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 small. but if i buy been with us, i go have a buy from millions of nigerians live on less than to 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 package is a quickly discarded adding to nigeria is plastic pollution crisis. impact oversight, economic means that we have more thing, we think being put into danbury, i think very, very alarming way, wasn't it wasn't it of content for the ocean, for people and planets. 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 news now and be burned as like a season is just about to kick off in 15 minutes time champions buyer near like an their newly acquired superstar. sergio my ne travels are frankfurt and asked the club that managed to win the europa league last season of finishing in the bottom half of the bullets later, i'll be helping to find their european form against byron the perennial team to eat . 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 atop the bend is legal, polish gold machine. robert levin dorski 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 which viewing is really on the munge of these. and it's

hard for other teams to make up the gap that's grown over the past 10 years or so was never in just one season is up as his own in the but that doesn't mean will be raising the white flag. he some unique diversify and m for will give her all to start the new. punish legacies, analyst once with a home. when him seek indianapolis, because his on system burn will not take frankfurt lightly, even if it never quite clicked for the euro. police champions in the league last season. there's too much talent. plenty for an opposition coach to worry about that not to molex the after the rope, a league when they've built up the self confidence they may have lost the bonus league or that just wasn't there because of the league results yet. but the fans are euphoric and only glassner as an outstanding coach, only glasses. 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 new ben does league a season off and running and that weight will soon be over. before we go,

let's get a reminder of the top story we're following for you at this hour. israel says that its defense systems have shot down a number of rockets fired from the gaza strip into israeli air space. the rocket fire comes after israel launched a series of airstrikes in gaza, saying it was targeting the islamic jihad militant group. in his update at this hour, coming up next a d. w documentary looks at efforts to save the rain forest result and clear richardson, berlin. phil gale will be back with more news headlines. i was with the our noun, read alert for the blue climate. ah, we're going to have some epic or over water. movie neighbor is becoming a scarce commodity.