venture full of hardships, dangers and death, 3 years and that will change the world forever. my jillions journey around the world, september 7th on d. w. ah ah. this is dw news live from berlin, israeli air strikes on gas. i kill at least 15 people. rescuers search through the rubble where israel says it target had an imminent threat from the islamic jihad group, a senior militant, and a 5 year old girl. among the dad. also on the program reactor at europe's biggest

nuclear power station closes. after shelling international monitors are worried about the safety of the plant in ukraine, and local residents fear another chernobyl. ah, and we'll see all ukrainian musicians a touring europe to bolster solidarity for their country. fighting for its freedom . ah, ah, i'm tom your logic. well, welcome to the program. israel has continued as strikes on garza for the 2nd day. with the army wanting, the operation against the palestinian group islamic jihad will go on for a week. the militants have been firing back. they have confirmed the death of one of their top commanders and these rally strikes on friday. health officials in the

gaza strip say at least 15 people have been killed in the violence. oh, carrying out the body of a young man killed in an israeli as strike one of several victims in the biggest escalation in violence for more than a year. as israel hits targets in garza for a 2nd day destroying home and injuring dozens of people on the hand of about another. i was sitting on the sofa with my wife and children when suddenly something fell on us. oh, come on. i didn't know what happened. everything collapsed around us. could you take those that photo gardena handled a pang god, he saved us. but my wife broke her hand and my son was hit by a sharp note clever. i live in a shallow dismal. i believe. on friday is railey strikes,

targeted a senior leader of the palestinian islamic jihad militant group destroying an apartment block and killing several civilians, including a 5 year old girl. israel says the attacks are a pre emptive operation against an imminent threat from the militant group is railey forces arrested, a senior militant in the west bank early this week and detained several other alleged members early on saturday. the gaza strip. hamas leaders have so far remained on the sidelines of this latest escalation, but palestinian militants retaliated for the attacks firing rockets into southern israel. is railey forces, say these are just the opening strikes of a longer operation, adding to the fear of an all out war. and here's our correspond,

antonio trim are in jerusalem with the latest that we understand from the israeli army that they're continuing airstrikes in a tillery far it fire into a garza and what it says, a targets belonging to the palestinian group islam make the jihad. they said this morning that they have struck over 30 sites, but that number of course has arisen. and since then at the same time of air raid sirens are constantly going off and mainly in the south of israel, but also in the center. a warning our residence there and of incoming bulkhead fire from garza sending people there into bomb shelters or at their safe rooms. now on the israeli army had said this morning, saturday morning that over and at 90 rockets for fight. also this number, as vision since and the iron dome intercepted many of those rockets,

some fell in open areas or others have fell in gaza. that's according to the israeli army again. but of course, you know, you see there's no let up in this escalation that started with the israeli offensive on friday afternoon. jim list has a ballou chaise based in gaza. i asked him what the situation is like there today. for the 2nd day in a row is where it continued it strikes on the civil areas and targets in gaza strip. at least 2 houses were destroyed completely off the warning to residents to evacuate. then then they read were planes, had 2 houses and separated incidents and they destroyed the 2 houses according to the minister of health. this is the ways to 15, including a 5 year old girl and 2 women as well. like over

a 125 were injured in the strikes. the militia group mainly had continued firing rockets from different places in gaza into the is what cities about nearby towns, the minister of health as well. and now that they would expect after 20, after 72 hours to reduce and toby to services because of the main boys stationing doesn't have stopped due to the lack of fuel supplying from israel to can i wanted to close last week, ukraine's president viola dimmer zalinski is calling for sanctions against russia's nuclear industry. after the shelling of europe's biggest atomic power station, at least 3 strikes head power lines, a parisha plant, forcing the closure of one of the reactors, russia and ukraine, blame each other, all the shelling russian forces seize control of the station in march. just

a week after the invasion, although ukrainian workers still run it, it'll be correspondent, my ts burlingame is in care of and sent us this update. so this atomic, this, this nuclear power plant has been under russian control since march, but ukrainian workers are still operating it. russians have stationed military equipment there and ukraine is accusing them. and that seems to be established that they have also used this as a base for selling. so they were firing from that position using effectively the nuclear power plant as a shield, be thinking that ukraine would not attack them in that position for fear of a nuclear accident. ukraine has of, however, attacked positions there before using loitering. munition watering mission. these are drones that explode when they hit their target, so they are quite controllable. and ukraine seemed out there. is it worth the risk

or, or assess that it was worth the risk or they were, had enough control to hit some positions near that power plant. now now they were, we have rockets fired at that plant, and rockets are not as easily controllable. they can be adjusted, but when they fly, they fly. so this is a different risk and we're hearing that some damage has been done to one of the reactors ukrainian, the ukranian atomic energy authority says that these rockets were fired from russian territory basically amounting to a provocation. russia is denying this machine is saying these where you crane rockets, there is no way to independently verify this at this moment. now let's take a look at some more stories making headlines around the world. the candidates in kenya's presidential elections have held a final campaign. riley's in a heated race, had a voting on tuesday. the front runners are incumbent. deputy president william

router and veteran opposition leader. right out or dingo, was received a surprise endorsement from sitting president. who can, yes, firefighters are battling a wildfire in the hills near the small town of per several in southern serbia. local authorities called a state of emergency when the fire engulfed an area approximately the size of 70 football fields. wildfires have been raging across the balconies. you know, for 3 weeks now, at least 12 people have been killed and 43 injured in a bus accident northeast of the creation capitals. i grabbed the vehicle via off the road and crashed into a ditch on board with dozens of polish pilgrims into a roman catholic shrine. southern bosnia, china is continuing it with its largest ever military exercises around taiwan. the island says the drills appear to be a simulation of an attack. besides the military maneuvers relations between beijing

and washington have nose dived since us how speak and nancy pelosi visited taiwan. earlier this week. pensions in the taiwan street have put the region on the edge. this is the 1st time the chinese military rules have taken place. so close to the self governed island. di one says the chinese army appeals to be practicing for an attack. chinese officials are clear on the message they want to send along. our military exercises have been conducted in an open, transparent, and professional manner, and are in line with the domestic law, international law and international practice. the drills are aimed at issue a warning to the perpetrators and punishing the taiwan independence. secession is forces china seized. i one as a breakaway province and visits to the island by foreign officials like us house speaker. nancy pelosi has an upfront to its sovereignty. as a consequence,

china is now also spending cooperation with the us on issues including law enforcement and climate change. county the u. s. equity or state address the issue during his visit to the philippines of which is a key stakeholder in the region. we should not hold hostage cooperation on matters of global concern because of differences between our 2 countries. others are rightly expecting us to continue to work together on issues that matter to the lives and livelihoods of their people. as well as our own relations between the was 2 largest economy, have nose dived in recent days and the consequences will likely be felt far beyond the region it up is. so it's on hand in taipei, describe the 10th standoff between the taiwanese and chinese military's well, both saw in china and taiwan released photo just then revealing the image of the other sites worships. i'm showing how close they are monitoring each other. well, in china's pictures, we can see towers, mountains, and even

a smoke pipe of one major taiwanese par plan is estimated that the chinese army is about 30 kilometers away from thailand, shore line. and earlier this morning, multiple chinese war plans and worships. now, ali jess come in to the thomas draper crossed the a median line again. and his response to this how his air force made rare deployment of for that like the most martin at 16, the war place with 8 missiles to prepare for battle. it also uses a long range air defense system to monitor and defend the air space at any time in response to an expected situations. now they've been military drills before, but where does this rank in terms of the level of what we've seen before? well, as you have mentioned, it's probably the 1st time like china conduct such a large scale or military drills and for a tie. while of course, there will be some mil to drills now and then, but is also for the 1st time for talent to deploy such a marden on our systems,

the defense systems, and also last warships and war plans that's bought from the u. s. so for both sides is the 1st time that this tension comes to this new escalation. alright, so to hand in taipei, thank you. now to a group of ukrainian artists fighting for their country, not on the battlefield, but on stage. the ukrainian freedom of castro is made up of some of the nation's greatest musical talents, the tour in europe to bolster solidarity as the wolf of their country's future grinds on. ah, a few months ago, tell us ye again. dove bush was filling sandbags to fortify his hometown odessa, against russian invaders. now his finally back on stage rehearsing with the newly formed ukrainian freedom orchestra doth bruce, and the other men of military age needed special permission to leave ukraine. the

idea of bringing together more than 70 ukranian musicians came from conductor carrie, when wilson, a canadian with ukrainian roots actually one of my cousins, since the beginning of the invasion has been fighting dumbass. so i wanted to fight to but as a musician with my baton is my weapon here in berlin, they're playing ukrainian composer, valentin sylvester loves 7th symphony for wilson. it's an o march to the ukrainians who've lost their lives. ah, one of ukraine's great artists piano virtuoso on a footed ova is also on board. she wants to make sure audiences don't forget, after so many months that her country is under attack. oh, yeah. just watching him at santa unsealing,

very motional. every minute we're playing together on the greatest stages of the world and you need an emotional reunion for many of the musicians, including cellist. you have cam, dove bush and his wife, a violinist on a v. clover, who hadn't seen each other since the beginning of russia's invasion, like most here, they hope they'll soon play full concerts again in their home country, ukraine. ah, you're watching d doubling. use of next as our documentary. and as always, our website is up to date. d, w dot com, i am totally on level for myself and the team likes watching ah red alert for the blue climate. ah, we're going to have some epic. moreover, water over the world, water is becoming a scarce.