ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, a truce between israel and palestinian militants in garza a cease fire over the territory holes through the night and into the new day. it raises hope that medical aid will get through after 3 days of fighting. also coming up,

ukraine accuses russia deliberately shelling your europe biggest nuclear facility. moscow denies the attack, the u. n's chief antonio terrorist as any attack on a nuclear plant is suicidal and the race to save and all sick, while stuck in a river in france. experts tried to encourage the mammal to swim back to see ah i manuscripts mac and thanks so much for joining us. a ceasefire between israel and islamic jihad, militants has held through the night in garza now it follows 3 days of violence which left more than 40 palestinians, dead and hundreds injured. israel has now reopened to crossing into southern garza allowing fuel trucks to enter a severe fuel shortage force the only power station in the area to shut down on

saturday. u. s. president joe biden has praised the truce and called on all parties to fully implement the terms and to ensure she monitoring supplies flow into garza, whiten supplies are once again flowing into gaza, allowing and sold bar plan to restock. duty is after it ran out of fuel and summer with a whole hell today about tut, detail. it's loaded with fuel. we're allowed to enter the par, blonde by bunker dro closure off about a week with from last tuesday under. under that normal o. 3 days of intense fighting left 40 for palestinians including 15 children dead. israel carried out as strikes targeting the islam of jihad in gaza. while the militants had back by fighting hundreds of rockets. israelis in the area targeted by the rockets have mixed feelings over the egypt. brookwood sees fire as

austria is an illusion. 3 an illusion because it's a momentary see fire until further notice. so i have maybe next week, maybe in half of your who knows. i am your death. meanwhile, news of the truce was met with relief in gaza. paula phillips, we live in boston d as in delta and feel whatever wrong we wish the mornings would come. as we did not like the 9th, was that my children were crying. mumford guys like a black. i've been for co op up many in the palestinian enclave slowly returning to their normal lives. while others tried to salvage the belongings from the rubble of what used to be their homes. steinberg is a middle east analyst, and i asked him earlier, why i'm asked which controls garza state on the sidelines during this latest round of violence which was directed at the islamic jihad organization. whether it's

going to hard is traditionally the more radical organization. it is strategically aligned to iran, so there is a major ideological and strategic gap between the 2 organizations. but i think the main reason for hamas is staying on the sidelines is that the organization only entered a very violent confrontation with israel in may. 2021 and it's still recovering from from the brutal israeli on thought on the basis of the organization . it simply didn't want any major escalation. right right now. and part of the reason is probably also that israel has losing some restrictions on the gaza strip after may 2021. and how much the doesn't want to, doesn't want to lose these well well, this benefit of,

of the latest confrontation right now. he is railey military operations that come just months before a general election. is it likely that domestic politics could have played a role in the decision making? you know, the, there is much her speculation that you know you love. he wanted to show that he is strong it's, it's definitely in the coming election he'll have to cope with the major confrontation with benjamin netanyahu, who has, who has a certain history as, as a strong man. so yeah, he is now able to to say that he has led at least one major military confrontation with the palestinian islamic jihad, although many israelis will, will probably think that many guns is the major military

brain behind this operation. i wouldn't overestimate this domestic dimension, though islamic jihad has threatened with attacks after the arrest of one of its leaders in the west bank. so i think that military motives are a paramount in the decision to attack the organization right now. if we could put politics to one, fight for a 2nd and just talk about the people people on both sides of the israel does and border say a saying they've had enough of coming under fire every year or 2. what is needed to pacify the border region or all of these annual flare ups or something that they will need to get used to? well, i think most people have already got got used to even major confrontations. i think we have seen 6 bigger confrontations between israel and islamic militants ever since. hamas took over the gaza strip in 2007. and the,

the basic problems don't disappear is they want an occupation light they want. so they want control of the gaza strip without the responsibility to administrator. administered. on the other side, we want hamas, which wants to break out of these really cj, this will not change as long as hamas is in polar in the gaza strip. and there is no indication that the situation in this trip itself will change fundamentally in the coming years. at least analysts get us time back. thank you so much for your time. thank you. the united nations chief antonio, the terrorist has warned that an attack on these upper region nuclear power plant is suicidal. his comments. com is key accuses moscow deliberately targeting the facility in south in ukraine. russia is denying the attack, saying ukrainian forces were responsible. the plant is the largest in europe. keith

says shelling damaged radiation senses and hurt a walker. speaking in the japanese city of hiroshima, after marking the 77th anniversary of the world's 1st nuclear attack ends. and when you get terrorist called for access to the site, the international inspectors the same time i now correspondent mathias bellinger is in the ukrainian capital, keith. and he updated us earlier on the situation at that nuclear power plant. we cannot, sir. determine where this attack came from. the plant has been under russian occupation since the very beginning of the war. a few days after the beginning of the war, the russians went on to the site and took control of it. ukrainian workers are still running the plant, but the ukrainian atomic energy authority, they don't have control over what they are doing there. and just the international organizations also do not have access to them. it's of course, or something that russia has time to time use to,

to threaten with dire consequences if you granted this about and or it has used it as a shield that's established or to, to position military equipment there. her hoping that her ukraine wouldn't dare to attack the facility ukraine has attacked positions near the facility was loitering, munition loitering, munitions are drones that are fly over. there are fluid into a site and that explode on side. they are controllable. they, they can be it. when they fly, they can be or the flights can be canceled or midway and etc, etc. are something that's more controllable rockets, of course, is a different story. rockets once they fly, they fly. most of modern rockets are adjustable when they're already in the air, but they can not be stopped. a tear spelling in keys as take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. you are a secretary of state antony blinkin has taken part in

a u. s. south african summit. it's part of a 3 nation trip to africa. he's set to outline new u. s. policy goals, the sub saharan countries to support economic, political and security objectives. chance military government assigned to deal with opposition groups to begin peace talks. a ceasefire is in place until the negotiations begin. later this month, the deal ends 5 months of talks and guitar. the main rebel group has refused to sign the accord and teams from mexico and venezuela have joined firefighters battling a blaze at a fuel storage facility in cuba. the fire was started by a lightning strike on friday. 155 to have been killed and hundreds of people have been injured. and germany sent a left social democrat party has ruled that there are no grounds for it to expel the former chancellor gach luda the, his ties to russia, and the russian leader vladimir putin. the party says shrewd,

i did not break its rules by working for some of russia's biggest companies. here, hodge, florida was chancellor of germany from 1998 to 2005, a power politician who was kept the interest to business in mind. he was also known for his close friendship with bloody men. who did it all seemed to work out fine back then, but listened to how the head of the party showed a once laid describes him now. gotcha. yeah, it's weird. it has been acting as a businessman for many years now, and we should stop receiving him as an elder statesman, a former chancellor. he owns his money working for russian state owned enterprises . and if you ask what he's done wrong is defense of vladimir putin against the accusation of war. crimes is absurd, is absorbed after his time, as chancellor. should i soon joined the board of nord stream, the pipeline operator long,

that the center of europe's battle with russia over gas? his various rose working for russian energy firms, gaz problem, and rosen if reportedly earned him hundreds of thousands of euro's. there was criticism of those relationships from the start, but when shred a spoke up on behalf of the kremlin, during russia's invasion of ukraine, attempts began within the s p. d. to remove him from the party in an interview this month, should i said russia wanted to negotiate and into the conflict. and he seemed to suggest that he could help that happen. ukraine's president volume is lensky was clearly angered by his intervention. he called it disgusting. with the chancellor shots also and s p d member has been reticent on what should happen to his predecessor he has called on shredder to resign from his jobs at russian companies. but he's clearly worried

about the damage already caused calling from the mission. i don't think it's right again, hunter to, to hold these offices and i think it would be correct for him to give them up whether it's harming the s p d. given that everyone is aware, we do not agree with it. i don't know. i have noticed, but i don't think it is global sharpness. god should has stepped back from some of his roles, but many social democrats want to exclude him from their ranks. the more in the story we can speak now, c, d, w political correspondent, benjamin alvarez, ruba, hi, benjamin. can you give us a sense of what today's decision on gach, that has membership in the s p d, means there are no reasons to exposure her truth or from the party, at least for this committee. and as you rightly mentioned, this is a decision that has been taken to day, but this is finally not the final word on this matter. there are 2 weeks where some organizations within the social democrats can also appeal this decision. and the

legal hurdles to expel someone from the party a pretty high. he has a team of lawyers that are also looking into this. he also would have had the air, the option to appeal this decision in case if this committee and an offer to day would have said that he should be expelled from the party. the lawyers are following closely the decisions that are being taken against his client in june, back in june, when the german parliament decided that he should be scrapped office office and his stuff. they also appeal to this decision. so it was a decision that was taken now, but there's many things that could still unfold over the past weeks. the could also change it. the relation that should are still has within the social democrat party . okay, so it's not done and dusted, but let's take a look actually, that is a well known figure. one of the last german politicians with ties to the russian president. is there an argument for the german government to be using him as some kind of mediator back in february when russia invaded ukraine,

i'm sure that many had the idea also within the government to use them kind of as an unofficial, a mediator between the german government in russian, president vladimir, who do, we just saw that in the report they have a close relationship. twitter was chancellor from 1998 to 2005. he then had this business relationship close ties to russia. but when should i started? a saying things that showed as if germany was lying siding, always siding with the russian government, i'm sure many of those who had the idea the key could, could be some kind of an unofficial mediator. they changed their minds or the government spokesperson have been confronted with shrewder several times with questioned on what is he doing there. he met putin. it recently, but there is no information that government has said that he is acting on his behalf and not on behalf of the german government geminus current, chancello, left shell. it's obviously also an s p d politician. how much pressure is he and his government feeling because of the

situation with gach florida, there's lot of pressure not only from the position but also within the pardon. if we go back to the case there was announced today, there were 17 appeals to expel him. so 17 different organizations within the social democrats wanted to expel them, and those are just the ones that fulfilled all the requirements. so there were definitely more of them. the pressure is growing within the party is we just saw in the report with, for example, ukraine and president zalinski also fiercely criticizing a guard, showed us a headache. not only for the chancellor, but for the whole social democrats. it's one of the 3 parties that is part of the government. a tricky situation. thanks. i much, benjamin daily. his benjamin alvarez grew there reporting that taiwan has condemned china for extending military drills off its coast into a 5th day. taipei also accused beijing of trying to deliberately provoke a reaction. the condemnation followed china's decision to defy calls to end its

biggest ever show of force against the self governing island. our chinese jet from ships have been crossing the taiwan strait, median line, and firing missiles over taipei. the drills began last week after a visit to taiwan by us. how speak, nancy pelosi agent considers taiwan its own territory. he dudley's correspondent in taipei sued. soon hon says the taiwanese government is increasingly worried about the chinese military incursions. anya, the town is government is now very concerned about the uncertainties. and one of the biggest concern is how close china's worship had been and would be in the continuing drills. towers, ministry of defense only said they would not allow any chinese worship to come in to tie was territorial, see, which is the route 20 kilometers from the shore. and they claimed that the chinese army was pinned down by tony's troops when they were around 44 kilometers from

taiwan. so if the chinese army comes closer to one has to decide how to respond. when asked whether there are criteria for opening fire, they just said the matter is confidential and would depend on how big the threat is . in case of really precarious situation, taiwan said today it will be holding its own military life fire drills this week. and how much is that gonna inflame tensions further? all the town is military. clarify that the exercise which was announced as early as july 22nd is a routine exercise. they don't want people to over act on, but um, they also said it would adjust the regulations according to the level of threat during the period of constant come back readiness. the emphasize that the chinese military exercise is a renovation to the taiwanese army, and the related topics and sean's will be included in that. how was defensive operations and military preparation? some a saying that ad drills like these will become the new normal and that they'll be

happening frequently in the future. is there any end in sight to these drills right now? all not really. we cannot see the end of the drills beside this continue military exercise around taiwan. the chinese authorities announced earlier that they are going to conduct drills in a sudden waters of the yellow sea in the coming 10 days. and also near the pool. i see your early september, so it's like a guessing game right now. we just don't know when they will and the chinese government thinks that they have all the cards in their hands. thanks so much to that was d. w sits on hun reporting from taipei. columbia has opened a new chapter in its history, with a former left, his rebel being sworn in as president. gustavo petro has pledged to fight in equality to chief peace and to rethink the war on drugs. columbia's new vice president is also representing a new start. she's

a black woman from an underprivileged community erotic. therefore, it's an inaugurated like no other in columbia's history. and it's marked many 1st old royal even where to god, and promised to the people to faithfully comply with the constitution and the laws of columbia. gustavo petro is the country's 1st left as president. and the 1st former gorilla fighter to lead columbia, his election mares a transition and politic sweeping across latin america. one that is more left leaning. one where those elected are a reflection of the people who put them in office. i would get which is a day when we see ourselves represented battle and the, and the fight for social equity is one. i got equity that we all aim for and a fought for for so many years like you that and columbia. second highest office holder represents a victory for social equity. where lo,

i swear to god and the people to faithfully fulfill columbia's constitution and laws. i also swear before my ancestors, that dignity will be shared by all young se stress. us stuck in a lead. neither seattle, somebody vice president, frontier marquez, is an environmental activist and former housekeeper. today she makes history as the 1st apple columbia anna to hold her post, go me in the beginning of a new era in our country. finally, columbia made the decision and to day gustavo petro and from phil marquez are going to govern columbia columbia. it's doug, but i'm happy to see the inauguration of our president scottsboro. what happiness i know, i can't contain it up. the happiness is grant me the pair, have a big agenda and be counted the head. half of colombians live in poverty. the pitcher marcus platform includes ending hunger, establishing environmental reforms,

and bringing peace to the country. after 60 years of armed conflict, it's an agenda full of promises to help regular people, but running for office and holding it are very different. now voters learn how president patriot will lead once the dreams on the campaign trail give way to the realities of government is civil man going to put it in there? nick, that was the russian tennis player. daria has at kena has won the w tate t. a tournament in san jose, california, and has put herself into the top 10 in the world rankings. cars at kena came out as gay for the 1st time last month. it's been a roller coaster of a month for daria has akeena. and this come from behind 3 set when in california kept it off. the russian defeated american shelby rogers to win her 5th career

title. and when any rupture from an appreciative american crowd, cars, akina is 25 years old, and is now ranked number 9 in the world. she's played against the greats of the sport. sometimes winning, always challenging. and she's represented her country. that's her on the far left to before she became russia's number one player. and then last month talking in spain to a russian you tuber the check rock jenko. she made a couple of things clear that we're likely hard to handle back home. is that oh into it though i was nice. oh jessie. jessie is there with isn't it? 3rd a camera, she's a prisoner at the dish, there's no money. no been done because up in 1st she said she is gay and wanted to follow in the footsteps of russian footballer now, jack harp over,

allegedly the 1st major rushed natalie to come out and in a 2nd interview cause i cannot said she wishes the russian invasion of ukraine would end that she thinks about it every day of that wimbleton, barring russian players, was nothing compared to the fact that millions of ukrainians can't go home. the very start, the interviewer asks, aren't you afraid they might take your home away after you sail these words? stand and we'll have, haven't you thought about it? he asks the neighbors, aren't you afraid you can not come back to russia? cause that can, i says she has indeed thought about it and leaving the question after taking home a trophy in california. where is home now for daria?

cause akeena rescuers are trying to save an arctic blue the whale from a river in northern france that say the whale lacks the energy to return to see and that they are doing their best to help her recover and gain strength. an unusual visitor has been lurking in the waters of the river san for several days now. this beluga whale is a long way from home, and french authorities are concerned for the creature as well. being vats have stepped up rescue efforts and given the whale of vitamin cocktail, they had previously tried feeding at fish, which it didn't eat expert say the animal looks malnourished and thin, but they are hopeful that the cocktail will help it regain its appetite. in familiar fo, relatively to means, should have started to work this morning,

but they haven't given him an appetite yet. he's a little bit more dynamic and he is swimming in a more energetic way. not the way he would be in nature, but he seems to be re gaining strength and doing well. the of the team wants to see how the welfare is on the victim and treatment before figuring out what to do next. activity that we will have to decide together on the best solution for this animal, should we take it back to the open sea or take it for treatment? we still need to analyze the situation and figure out the best solution which will depend a lot on the whale's health, as well as it safety definite. you hello. if you do know, sally, the rescue team plan on moving it out of the warm, stagnant water to aid its recovery. but even if it starts feeding again, returning it to the open sea will be a challenging feet. it watching the w news coming up next on news

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