or the present a future heads filled with ideas. so get ready for the brain update. 40 to the answer to almost everything starts january 15th on d w with. ah ah, this is the w news coming to line from berlin, letting me, nathan, yahoo! seals, a remarkable political come back, the better in leader is sworn in to head up the most right when government, israel's history, new coalition aims to expand settlements in the occupied westbank. also in the program with russia launch is

a fresh wave of rocket and drone attacks on cities across ukraine. more than a 100 strikes target, critical infrastructure and injure civilians have at least 19 people are dead as fire sweeps through a casino on cambodian border emergency cruise rushed to the scene from neighboring thailand. ah hello em, terry martin. good to have you with us. benjamin netanyahu has been sworn in as his rules, new prime minister, capping a remarkable political, come back. his government, 163 of 120 possible boats in parliament. the government is regarded as the most right wing administration israeli history and includes several ultra orthodox and ultra nationalist parties. the coalition is bound to expand settlements in the

occupied west bank and other disputed areas. netanyahu, who is still on trial for a ledge, corruption will be leading his 6 team government to our correspondence. rebecca ritters is following his story, and john, just now from inside the israeli part of the connecticut. rebecca benny me nothing . ha, who is a known quantity? is rural, he's lead subgroups, several governments of poor. what makes this government more? all right, then any of the others? a dead right there. terry's definitely no stranger to israeli politics. as you rightly point out, this will be he seeks time as prime minister. but this time he'll be steering one of the most right. we need not the most right. when government the countries ever say many of the members are in that room behind me celebrating they've just been sworn in at. and why is that the most right wing will, that has largely to do with his coalition partners in order to become prime minister in order to be able to form the government. he had to form

a coalition with these, as you mentioned in your late in their religious ultra nationalist parties and i bring with them a whole host of demands. we've seen some of them already being written into these coalition agreements. that doesn't mean that been passed yet. but it does mean that they will be given high priority. now, one of them is to do with the supreme court. they're hoping that they can make changes to the supreme court to give the government the pallet to override supreme court decisions that has pretty widespread support and doesn't blackly that it could potentially get through. and another key issue that's ruffling for this year is what being known as the discrimination law. now that will make it legal for people to be able to discriminate based on religion. now obviously civil rights groups, minority groups, l g b, t groups. they're really up in arms about this. we've seen protests here on the full court of the kinessa today. we're likely to see more protest. evils such as this get for the new government has bowed also to expand settlements in the

occupied west bank. rebecca, what could that mean for relations between israel and the palestinians? well, probably nothing. good, harry, i mean, this really comes at a time when intentions are not an old time high, but they are very high. this is being one of the deadliest is in recent. you the recent decade or more, we've seen more than a 150 palestinians killed and some 30 is riley's in this ongoing conflict. tensions are already high and some of the proposed changes are not even proposed. there's a couple of changes that i'll mentioned that have already come into force and that family giving more direct control to the development of settlements in the west bank that's been handed over to one of the extreme right potties the later victory . right. that's no small trade, and you've also got more direct control when it comes to policing, both in israel with the board of police and in the west bank. and that those powers will be handed over to another extreme later. it's my been being out. this is

unprecedented. based changes and many people fear what might happen. we'll have to see what will happen in the weeks and months ahead, but many off fearing potentially more violent and certainly a worsening of relations between the 2. rebecca, thank you very much. r. jerusalem correspondent, rebecca rivers. a sketch up on some other stories making headlines around the world. today the vatican says that the former pope benedict remains gravely ill, but his stable and lucid. oh, francis is called for prayers for the 95 year old. the former pontiff is receiving round the clock care as concerns grow over his medical condition. european union, her says mandatory cover 19 testing for travelers from china is unnecessary. italy has called on brussels to impose the tests. milan airport is testing arrivals from beijing and shanghai almost half are proving positive bangladesh

has launched the 1st metro rail service in its capital dotcom, the new network should ease congestion in one of the world's most densely populated megacities. 100 stations and 6 lines are due to be running by 2030 weeks of tensions appear to be easing. on the border between cosmo and serbia, ethnic serbs living in northern cosmo have agreed to dismantle roadblocks erected to protest the arrest of a former policeman. the international community is called for de escalation. ukraine has again been pounded with large scale missile attacks by russia. ukrainian defense forces shot down most of the incoming rockets and groans, but some still reached their targets. these are images from a key of neighborhood that was hit, at least 3 people were injured. their explosions also rocked several other cities,

dw, corresponded in manuel shaws in key of told me more about that they distract. hi, terry, where you can see behind me the aftermath of the messiah attack, you can see 1st responders still working there. there's several houses that were hit by a missile. and you know, dismiss. i was actually shut down by ukraine, an air defense, but it just goes on to show that even when they're shut down, the dance therapist says, and me sighs are still falling on what you see is an entirely residential area. there is no, you know, a critical infrastructure that could, are being targeted here. it is just houses, houses with residents, with people who are caught off guard like this. a house that you can see behind me . a woman who was living in this house is at the moment giving a statement of what happens to ukrainian police. and you can see just here, the debrief of that. the me side that just fell earlier this morning. so

the road here is completely litter. this is a neighbor, completely desolate in a. there's a lady and he's just is not just houses that have been shattered is so it's so so entire lives here. we have 3 people who got injured including a 14 year old girl. they were all taken to nearby hospitals, and one of them is seriously injured in the 8th mass attack her over ukraine over a 120 me size, i believe, to have been a sent or the government, the ukraine and government. i said that above key to 60 in me size were shut down by air defense. but as you can see, all around me where the damage is still done and cube is not the only city being targeted there in ukraine. emma watched the situation elsewhere in the country. while the situation neither did either. the city of ha cave was here. the city of

michel i of was hit, levine, western dusta, heat hearing key. if a 40 percent of the residents are deprived of electricity. so weak more power carries the mayor of the leak. leach grocer said that people had to be ready to have no water for awhile. he said, citizen had to stuck out on the water that they had to charge their devices, their mobile phones, for example, before a net energy our electricity would because it's a very, very dire situation for millions of ukrainians across the country. and with this, aerial bombardment has been going on mill for months. how are people they're dealing with the constant threat of russian missile attacks? wow, they have no choice but to cope with those that are talking to residence just a few moments ago here. and there people are shocked you know, to just that trying to get on with day every day. oh, everyday life. and all of a sudden they live, it completely changes their houses is distorted. so of course,

they are resilient, of course, to resist. but, you know, i believe was the fear of being targeted every single day. and even this morning we had several explosions in care of with windows that are, you know, shattered you can, you can hear the explosions even from the shelters. it's scary, even if people are very resilience, you know, they've really bearing the brunt of that war for 11 mom. so most now did every as a manuel shows their speaking to me earlier in kit. now at least 19 people have been killed in the fire at a casino in cambodia. the interior ministry says it's not clear how many people are still trapped near the border. with thailand, we're that fire took place, police are investigating the calls, the place, the fire at the grand diamond city hotel and casino, reportedly began around midnight and quickly turned into an inferno. local police

say there were around 400 people working in the building at the time most managed to escape, but others weren't so lucky. video on social media shows people desperately hanging out of windows on the upper floors. report say, some of them jumped to escape the smoke and flames. the complex is located in the small town of poi, pet, right on the border with thailand. it's a hub for cross border trade and tourism. the casino is popular with many, ty, nationals, as gambling is mostly illegal and thailand, ty, fire, cruise was sent across the border into cambodia to help battle the blaze. this footage was provided by a ty, disaster response group. it shows firefighters entering the buildings, 15th floor. many of the engines were transferred to

hospitals in thailand's sa guy o province. as the sun came up, crews were starting to get the fire under control. authority say the cause of the blaze is not yet known, but an investigation is underway. one of africa's most important cultural events is back after a 3 year break, the photography, b and allah. in molly's capital, obamacare brings artists together for a celebration of the medium. this year's themes are multiplicity, heritage and difference. women, strong and proud in traditional dress, stare directly into the lens of issue or le octo. the artist from ben eine used 17th and 18th century paintings found in european museum to inspire his photograph . reimagining african queens, long, forgotten by history. bravo. i was exploring the history of my grandmother,

the history linked to her. oh, how keen bench croons images examined transitional landscapes found in his moroccan homeland. they celebrate the legacy of architecture that's fallen into ruin. the works are just a few of hundreds on display in the molly and capital. since launching almost 3 decades ago, the bomber co encounters has become the most important event dedicated to contemporary photography on the african continent. the 1st post pandemic show is bigger than ever. over $75.00 artists are showcasing their work across 8 venues. among them, italian senegalese artists been tardy all her work explores migration and identity and often uses hair as the recurring symbol encounters is also celebrating several renowned artists with retrospectives. one is moroccans photographer and filmmaker. thou old oh let's i add another cuban born artist, maria magdalena,

campus pawns at the launch of entered by marco's national museum artistic director bonaventure. so bear jane and deacon brought together contributing artists and local students. it clearly enjoyed the opportunity to get up close and personal with the art of the host. i think you solos in there, obviously in a market. and you can see the difference between people of different religions, wilma islam, christianity and animates. you can also see how they're all helping each other. they're working something. here's something it might have is. this is the work that spoke to me. the most places when you see it, i don't know what you see. but i notice lots of things. for example, the little black line that goes down here, it really caught my attention. i likely to not yelling at the band, the co encounters, the artwork side,

just the beginning. visitors can also enjoy workshops, debates and performances vans of contemporary photography have until february 8th, to visit your watching dw nurse. just reminder the top story we're following for you this. our benjamin netanyahu has returned to power. as israel's prime minister . netanyahu has been sworn in to head up most, all right, government and is really history. the coalition includes ultra orthodox and ultra nationalist party. that's all for me, for now. thanks for watching. the w looks back on in crisis mode. the corona virus pandemic. or can you craig the climate crisis.