a modern lifestyles and mediterranean meeting people hearing their dreams maybe to germany in 10 episode starts august 14 on d. w. ah ah, business dw news light from berlin. i eddie mike, i julia coming up at least 10 people are killed in iraq. strides on gaza. these are the government says that targeted an imminent threat from the slamming jihad group . the senior militant, the 5 year old girl among the debt. what now is the militants pretend fire from

gaza? also ahead. shelling closes europe's biggest nuclear power station. international monitors are worried about the safety of the plans in ukraine and local residence via i'm not sure and noble and up to 2 years silence metal heads are rocking own one small funds from around the well to gather in north, in germany for the return of the back and heavy metal festival. lou hello and welcome. he's really air strikes up, killed at least 10 people in the gaza strip, including you see me up on the scene on militant, on the 5 year old girl that triggered a barrage of rockets fired back at israel from gaza. these are the government says

it's targets at the slamming jihad militants group for what it called. an imminent threat is railey forces, target and apartment building in garza city. just one of many as strikes launched into the coastal strip. israel says the attacks were in response to an imminent threat from the palestinian islamic jihad group. the strikes come after israeli forces arrested a senior militant in the west bank early this week. israel carried out the precise counter therapy ration against an immediate threat. our fight is not was the people of gaza islamic jihad is an iranian proxy that wants to destroy the state of israel and kill innocent israelis. the head of islamic jihad is in interferon. as we speak, we will do whatever it takes to defend our people. and islamic jihad commander was

killed in the strikes, and the group vowed to retaliate her the airline. this is a declaration of all out war against the palestinian people. we will respond to that. this is a violation and disregard for all the efforts to to be made over the past days in order to restore camp. we dealt positively with these efforts, but the enemy was as usual, treacherous and carried out this rate. and now we clearly say that we will respond to this crime with all our might to have him dream of equilla ot and i'm an o. as a 5 year old girl is mourned, fears of an escalation arising, israeli jets continue to pound targets in garza while palestinian militants have been firing rockets back into southern israel. from honors, let's bring in our dw correspondent, tonya kramer in jerusalem. hello, tonya. ah, this is the territories worst escalation of violence since a war last year,

and it's worsening. do people fear another war? while? absolutely, i think people are deeply worried about this, especially in garza, you mentioned it are. they hardly recovered there from the last war in a to in may 2021. now, of course, we don't know yet. they're in the middle of an escalation right now, whether this will take days or whether this will be a full blown a war at the end. but it has been certainly a very difficult night for people in the south of israel, but also of course, in the gaza strip, or the israeli military has continued to carry out as tri x they. they said that they have targeted at least 30 sites. it describes belonging to the palestinian militant group islamic jihad. at the same time, rockets have been launched all morning. they have been air raid sirens, so people in the south have to stay in their safe rooms in their bumper shelters. now there's really army says that over a 190 rockets were fired since or yesterday,

and mainly in the south, some in the center or with the iron dome, the defense system, and intercepting a many of them. some also fell in open areas and some also fell inside garza that is according to the israeli army. so what has been done to comb tensions between the 2 sides but eventually in this or has to come to an end. but again, this has just started and the question is when and what is actually the outcome. because garza has seen many of such military escalations and for wars in the past a decade or or so. so we heard as some reactions already by the international community, the you and special and were for the middle east. peace process has called us for. com. was to say, you know, it's, the civilians are in the areas that are suffering a de, most or from it. there have been efforts usually in the past and also last week

leading up to this escalation. each of that's traditionally the mediator between our medicine groups in garza, in this case after the arrest of an islamic jihad leader in the west bank and israel, but to no avail. and we saw the attack yesterday than by israel on garza leading now to this escalation. so at the moment it's unclear, you know, where this is going, and it's very difficult, of course for people living there. did of you correspondent tanya kramer in jerusalem. thank you to ukraine now, where president vladimir zalinski. yes. calling for sanctions against russia's nuclear industry. after the shelling of europe's biggest atomic power station, at least 3 strides its power lines. that is the, for the jeff land force and the closure of one of the reactors, russia and ukraine, blame each other for the shilling. russian forces seized control of the station in

march just a week after the innovation. although ukrainian workers still run it in cave were joined by our correspondent matthews bellinger. by the us. it's a blame game on who carried out the shelling. what do we know? so what we know is that this plant, is it under control? since, as you said, since march, under russian control, and it's still operated by the ukrainian workers, russia is accused of using it as a, as a position from where they strike. that's pretty well established. so they have broad military equipment. their rocket launches and they, they're launching rockets from their on nearby territory. that is ukraine, that's controlled by ukraine. um, i was hoping that this would kind of protect their equipment because it would be very dangerous to attack that ukraine has attacked these positions by loitering, munition loitering, munition that drones can be cancer drones also called that that fly over the

territory. and then i taught it or explode when they hit the target. and that's of course more precise than iraq. it can, can be corrected better, etc. so it's, it's, it's safer, but it still was targeting a position very close to the plant. now these strikes that we're now talking about, they seem to have been launched from by the russians from russian control territory . and that might be part of the strategy to threaten or choo choo frighten ukraine in the international community with an accident at the site. so if it's so dangerous, why has this nuclear power plant become a target and as war? right, exactly, because it is so dangerous. so after russia or took this a power plant, there have been various threats and a russia has been playing with the idea with the threat of something happening

there, which would be devastating. it's one of the, it's the biggest power plant here in ukraine and in europe. and any accident there would be disastrous for ukraine, but also for neighboring countries, including russia, depending on where the wind ur stands or europe. and, and we know that russia has been using the nuclear threat a to, to, to, to basically frighten the populations. it has worked better in europe than it has in ukraine, where a people any way feel they are facing an existential threat. and this does not change the picture. but um, something happening there is a possible and the international atomic energy authority. they do not have access to the site that's or something that also adds to the threat. we do not know what's happening there. exactly. that have you correspondence with? yes, belinda, thanks. let's take a look at more stories making headlines around a wild

o japan as marking the 77th anniversary of the nuclear attack on hiroshima, the u. s. dropped a wealth 1st atomic bomb on august 6th, 1945. in the final days of world war 2, explosion destroyed a city and killed 140000 people. indiana has become the 1st us dates to pass new laws, restrict an abortion. since the supreme court reversed univers alexis, there are some limited exceptions to the bond, including cases of rape and incest. indiana is controlled by the republican party. a texas court has ordered internet's conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay nearly $50000000.00 in damages. jones falsity cleaned the 2012 school shooting and sandy hook new england was a hopes, parents who lost the child, sued him for defamation sandy, who was one of the worst school shootings u. s. history. now china is doubling down on its retaliation for the us house

speaker nancy pelosi visits to tie one the trip and raised region, which is conducting several days of her on naval drills around taiwan in response, china is also suspend incorporation with the u. s. and the issues including law enforcement and climate change. i once the friends ministry says it fired flares to one of the rooms on unidentified aircraft lying of its course feed abuse. joyce lee in taipei has more in china's military drills. anti one's response. yeah, chinese journalist flying, how is your cayman islands late at night? has become like a routine now. anna, this morning, several chinese small planes and warships crossed the taiwan strait media line again. the islands defense ministry said that they believe china assimilating an attack on taiwan main island. and it's clear that china is trying to change the

status code of the eye of the taiwan strait according to experts. and the military exercises could become a new normal. and meanwhile, the chinese authorities announced that they are going to conduct live fire shooting drills for 10 days in the south and waters of the yellow sea. oh, that's an area very, very close to south korea. it came right off to so express objections to china's attempts to change the status cold by force. and it is seen as sending a warning to the u. s. military base and korea and also the a cyber attack against high one is ongoing. ah, and there are a lot of like fake news and rumors running wild on line tie ones. premier susan's home is that they're part of china's psychological warfare campaign. so how is taiwan responding to all of this? well, i know some expect groups and multinational firms have started to discuss evacuation

plans, but are for, you know, most of the local chinese people, they grew up living with china's threat. so life goes on even during the unprecedented strows. i've talked to a lot of people on the street and most of them don't believe there will be an immediate war. and some told me that they feel more disgusted than scared by china's booty and people are quite concerned about the economic impact. if it becomes a new normal in the coming years, if china further isolate taiwan, it could disrupt high ones economy and drive up inflation. ok. thank you, joyce. the in taipei, one of the world's biggest heavy metal festivals as back vaccine is once again host an 85000 metal fans. but 3 days in a field in northern germany, event was cancelled for the last 2 years because of the coven and amec. the hot

weather didn't keep the crowds away. heavy metal fans from around the world had been waiting over 2 years to return to what they called the holy ground. the revellers at this year's voc, an open air hail from as far away as mexico south africa and indonesia. i got all the way promoted listing aside. you can really be yourself here because we've had the tickets since 2019 we finally made it. we're here and it's so great to 100 bands are in the line up headlined by big names like slipknot and judas priest put covering the whole gamut of the genre including the ukranian band i t who traveled from kiya for the event. it's not just the legendary line up that draws the crowds to vulcan. it's 3 days of middle lifestyle, a rare chance to let their hair down after 2 years of cupboard restrictions. but

despite the grimace static and the music's often violent lyrics, fans describe bokken as an oasis of good vibes. responded picking. what's interesting is that if you ask most fans what they associate with metal with concerts with festivals, beer is the 1st answer and of course, loud music. but the very next answer is piece. with you could say these middle heads have finally returned to their happy place. and that's how we wrap it up stage you in for more news at the top of the hour with niko, is in germany to learn german lloyd pinnacle. why not learn with him? t w's e learning course, eco's fake. ah, devastated houses.