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israel retaliated to rocket fire from gaza. its airstrikes hit militant target militant targets amid rising tension following and is really rate on the occupied west back. and you crave asks for fighter jets after successful petitions for tanks. key looks for air support to repel the russian and ancient. ah, and i'm sorry, kelly, great to have you with us. the german parliament, the bonus tag has held its annual ceremony of remembrance for the victims of the national socialist regime. an estimated 6000000 jews were murdered by the nazis during world war 2. other groups were also persecuted by the nazis. and this year ceremony focuses on people targeted due to their sexual orientation or gender

identity thing. the buddhist have president bible boss. he had said that during the nazi regime, tens of thousands of people were imprisoned under laws that criminalized homosexuality from the victims and survivors of the holocaust were honored in speeches and own a new cycle until they sent me. ah, the ceremony was also attended by members of germany's queer community who shared their experiences. shonda taught shame that mortal sin does in crimes. these were terms i heard and my not only from my parents about the i built an illusory world around me, became mute. lucille suffered from depression and even physical pain. for decades.

don't mind who loses but my feelings could not be turned off or suppressed to nothing but inside me, i kept hold of a dream of a free and normal life. encouraged by years of act of as to work and bold role models and i decided late in life to finally come out as a gay man to tight the spot. and this was the liberation after which i felt for the 1st time that i was really me and attending the memorial service in the german parliament earlier was d. w. correspond at hand. brandt. i asked him what his impressions of the ceremony were is i think what's most impressive of this was a very simple, solemn occasion commemoration. not spectacular in any way. and yet still very deeply moving. and you could feel that in the audience,

which was full as it really is here. and the bundle talk are in attendance. we're also all the top representatives of the german stay at the german president. for instance, if you're trying to level of charles and then there were special groups of visitors from the jewish community internationally, especially also from ukraine, jewish, jewish community from ukraine, and representatives of the queer community as you mentioned. and of course, the diplomatic representatives that are normally here for such occasions and very large groups of young people because the bundle talked to german parliament is trying to transmit the message of this communication also to a new generation. so a very solemn, but very moving. so that the ceremony and the ceremony had a special focus on those persecuted for their sexual orientation or gender identity . tell so a little bit more about that. yes. as to day sir, international hollow caused remembrance day in other words, remembrance of the 6000000 jews murder during nazi times. but there were also many

other groups ever persecuted by the nazis or the for various reasons. one of them were people who were persecuted for their sexual identity, homosexuals, for instance, or child transgender people. and this was a special, a cell about a special ceremony to commemorate their suffering as well. and what was important about that is that the laws that were used during nazi times to persecute, for instance, queer men, continued to be in force after the end of the nazi era and germany well into the time of modern german of the modern german state. so that there is a sense of continuation from that times to to day and hands out for years. sexual minorities have been fighting for recognition. i want to have a closer look county w met with an activist from the queer community who is working for that cause it's the day looks van dyke has been fighting for in 2018 the historian and teacher

petition to the bonus. doug, for the 1st time, his goal to get the highest political levels to recognize the persecution of queer people. the reasons why we never gave up to have hold. this recognition on the highest government lever will happen is not only because it has a brick, meaning a strong meaning, important meaning and for our minorities. but it means also that germany as a country has reached the level of humanity of democracy where different voices are heard in 2022 parliament finally decided to commemorate l g b t q victims of the nazi regime. male homosexuality was banned long before hitler came to power in 1933. but the nazis ramped up persecution. gay men were imprisoned and sent of concentration camps,

where they had to wear the pink triangle. around 10000 gay men were murdered. recent research on other queer people also showed systematic persecution and legislation outlawing homosexuality and germany was only fully dropped in 1994. if i look back in my own life, when i was 14 and the paragraph still existed, and i grew up in a society where i was a criminal boy. if i would have been honest in berlin van dyke meets for a discussion on why remembrance for sexual minorities has been such a struggle. both audience and panelists agree, research for many types of victims, remain scant for van dyke, the battle is only getting started. i thought to find the chief mint and trickier encouragement to go on and to look in those to those countries. webster, dangerous,

odd, need life threatening to reuse, sexual minority van dyke will continue to fight argue and build coalitions because the struggle for remembrance and against persecution. goes on well and back with correspondent hands brown hands. there were a number of speeches given, including one from a holocaust survivor and testimonies from others who suffered at the hands of the nazi regime. what stood out for you i think what's really important is how relevant all of these stories from more than 70 years, almost a 100 years ago. some of them off are still today. the holocaust survivor was a woman who as a young baby was given by her jewish parents to a dutch family. when her jewish parents were deported and later killed in auschwitz, and if she had to draw a parallel, it took her decades to acknowledge her jewish identity, and drew

a parallel nod to the persecution of minorities today, including people who are being still discriminated against across the world for their sexual identity. and then there were 2 testimonies. read by actors of lesbian woman and a gay man for their experiences during the nazi times. and really moving was that these stories that are so old that took place such a long time ago still remained shocking to the stay. and i think that was the point that these stories should not be forgotten that we should listen to them and that we should draw lessons from them for today. d w political correspondent hands, but standing by for us in the german bunder style where the ceremony of remembrance for the victims of national socialism has just concluded. hands, thank you for your reporting. and on this day 78 years ago,

soviet forces liberated the nazi death camp at auschwitz. it now operates as a museum with james to ensure the atrocities of the holocaust are never forgotten. a group of filmmakers are using virtual reality technology to support that work. a virtual reality with a powerful message. these moviegoers in central jerusalem a being taken on a confronting journey. the brain child of 3 young is raining filmmakers who felt this new technology will help keep the past from slipping away . the 1st thing we said is, let's take this technology and bring this emotional, super powerful experience to so many people who cannot go. we understood that with this technology. we can re, you know, put life in, hit enter, history, the history of our 5th birth canal, for example. as seen in one of these head sits for years now, in israel,

a concern has been growing how to maintain awareness of the holocaust as its last survivors disappear. sarah and shlomo hardly needed a reminder. they escaped the not the extermination plan as children. with quote this after we watched it, we couldn't sleep that night after we saw it all the emotions flooded in to see what we were st from on monday. so does it come with the me, a scale of it bis industry of sarah and her family were on a train, headed for outfits when their fate took a different turn. me seemed michelle, my am she miracles from above? bombed the railway a lot. so instead we were taken to a walk camp. then this is myra co from god that we managed to escape this hell i feel that we didn't den delta plan the we survive by and built of family ha,

for the developers building the experience is an act of remembrance. you know, and i feel after the survivors, after all, over the survivors, i watch this movie. i feel that day feel, and they know that they can leave this world and we're not gonna forget them. immersive nature of this technology makes her a very powerful and intimate experience develop his hope that it will also resonate with young audiences like this one. the same replied, not just hearing israel, but around the world to help keep the memory of the holocaust alive for future generations. harris from other stories making headlines. a gas explosion has destroyed a 4 story house in southern poland. enduring 7 people. 2 children were among those

pulled from the rubble. the cause of the incident is unknown, but authority say it was lightly sparked by 8 gas fire. as though by john has evacuated its embassy in iran after a shooter opened fire on the building, killing the embassy security chief. 2 other guards were injured before the attack. there was subdued observations. president announced the attack as an act of terrorism and demanded an investigation. injury us authorities have charged 5 police officers with murder over the death of a black man. tyrene nicholas died in a memphis hospital earlier this month after being beaten during a traffic stop. recently, the officers have been charged with 2nd degree murder. they were all removed from duty last week. residents in auckland, have been forced to evacuate after heavy storms caused major flooding across the zealand north island. rescue services battled through chest high waters to reach people trapped by the floods. severe weather warnings are in place as to rental

rains. continue to batter the island. israel's military says that it has carried out airstrikes, odd, militant targets in casa. the strikes come, ours, after rockets are launched from the palestinian territory. israel says most of the rockets were intercepted by the iron dome, air defense system, no paschal, ts, have been reported on either side. the escalation comes after the israeli military conducted a deadly rate in the western bank city up janine. now the palestinian authorities has 9 people were killed in that operation, which israel says was intended to thwart an imminent attack. palestinians blocked the streets of janine to bury their dead. they say one of the victims was a 60 year old woman. this video released by his real shows, troops moving in on a house in the janine refugee camp in a rare daytime raid. israel said the house was being used by suspected militants

plotting an attack against israelis. this is what was left of the home after the military said at detonated explosives being used by the suspects the 3 hour rate is being described as the deadliest israeli operation in the west bank into decades. the janine refugee camp is considered a stronghold for the militant palestinian organization, islamic jihad, islamic jihad is designated as a terrorist organization by the you. one of the groups leaders bout defiance after the raid or resistance will carry on. we will not back down from confronting the occupier. we will not be intimidated by only the raid quickly triggered palestinian protests and clashes with israeli police. israel's bar, right, national security minister praised the mission and reiterated that troops have the government's full backing. it was

a volley. i want to congratulate the anti terrorism forces. the shin bet, yes. who carried out a successful operation last night. we support a soldiers in the war against terrorists against the militancy neg of them hugley. israel has put its forces on heightened alert, fearing more attacks. palestinian anger has been on the rise since israel's new governing coalition. the most bar right ever took power last month. u. s. secretary of state antony blink, and is due to visit both israel and the palestinian territories next week. and a bid to help deescalate tensions. and i asked sammy, so call a freelance journalist interest learn if there are any signs that tensions are easing now that this flare up of violence between israel and the palestinian territories. indeed we do see the size, but i can tell you there's a lot of anger on the palestinian side. the palace, things are calling the event a yesterday and you need a massacre and the palestinian authority as

a now 3 days of morning at to day we had the a funeral of the palestinian news killed yesterday in the romanella area in the town of alarm. we saw a very big sooner and people were coating, so revenge. and they were expecting more sam z if auctions in the gaza strip. and what we've seen from the gaza strip, who's 10 rocha to be in launch. and there were some of them intercept that some of them were landing in clear area, so they caused no damage. and then we saw these riley response and a because there were no casualties on both sides. it seems that after all were entering towards a quiet period now, it today has been also relatively calm. and there has been anger, but we haven't seen any casualties. we will say if that are fat holds. i'm. but in the meantime, the palestinian authority says it has halted security cooperation with israeli authorities. what, what consequences could that have?

slowly indeed, when the palestinian authority stops and will stop this kind of quarter nation. this means that it will be more difficult for his route to thwart attacks that are planned by militants in the west bank. this means that israel will have to have more forces in the west bank. and this of course is the formula for more friction between israelis and palestinians. i can tell you that on these early side, there is a hope that this coordination will come back there saying that this coordination will come back slowly, slowly because it is in the interest of both israel and the palestinian authority. how could israel's new har line far right? government affect the israeli palestinian relations in the future? well, i can tell you they're ready today. we've heard very strong statements from members of the coalition who think that the israeli strikes in the gaza strip weren't

powerful enough. they want to see palestinians being killed in gaza and they're very open about it. they're saying that the israeli response today was similar to previous governments responses. and they're saying that we're a new government and we have to have a new policy. it with 0 tolerance towards any kind of rocket that's launch from the gaza strip. they, of course, also want to intensify the settlements in the west bank and they want to visit the alexa mos compound known to jews as temple mount. so differently, we have elements within this government that are trying to push towards an escalation. emma called the other hand, we have a prime minister netanyahu and the minister of defense who might be able to keep the situation as is fanny so called freelance journalist. and to wrestle him, ukrainian president vladimir zalinski has renewed his appeal for f. 16 fighter jets

less than a week after securing heavy tangs from western backers. poland says that it would support a nato effort to send the jets to ukraine. now officials from france and the u. s. say that they have not ruled out the option. but german chancellor, olaf shoulds has drawn a red line over supplying keith with combat aircraft. i asked the fence analyst marina myron from the war studies department of kinks, college london, if she expects zalinski to get the fighter jets and missiles he is asking for it is quite a difficult question now after supplying or agreeing to supply the pangs and you know, rushes reaction diplomatically, i see it as a very challenging task because well, 1st of all, we don't know how russia will react to the tank deliveries. and the 2nd thing we also have to think about when those aircraft would reach ukraine. and that would mean that there would have to be some sort of major involvement because it will

take a long time to train the pilots to operate even something like an app 16 which is not as sophisticated. the apps are the 5, and obviously the fighter jets would be walner a bowl to russian, a ground based era defense systems. so that's another issue we're facing. and we also have the crews that are important. it's not just a pilot would have to train entire crews, so how long will it take a year or 2 years? and other question is, wearables planes be fielded in ukraine? that would mean that there will need to be engineers trained or offend to ukraine to do the maintenance to an sustainment of the airplane. so there are all sorts of issues at 1st. it was okay, i mean, it's highly speculative at this point because we know that no country has agreed to send those. but we had the announcement of the past week that tanks are heading

toward ukraine. so tell us about the logistical challenges that that now poses for the ukrainians and their partners. in terms of logistics, there will need to be new supply lines established for each of so 3 areas of tanks, including fuel. for instance, the tank uses jack fuel as opposed to ease all that is used by the lab for 2. and they all use different types of ammunition. ab rooms will need to put depleted uranium rounds. the challenge to has the so called hash rounds and the 120 millimeter, he drowns for the lap or it's so there is quite a lot of logistical foot friends that is involved in this whole thing training aside. so it will create a very happy logistical footprint to fields,

those tanks and the 3 kinds of tanks in ukraine. and, you know, i believe it will take 2 to 3 months to deal just with the logistics. how about the fear of escalation? because we've heard russia come out and basically say that this is indeed what they see as a provocation. or are you concerned about the potential that ukraine's partners might be now seen as direct parties to the conflict? i think russia has been receiving ukraine's partners as parties to the conflict for a while now. so this would be nothing new. we might see more nuclear rhetoric being used by the kremlin, but i think every, we're all expecting some sort of escalation on the battlefield. however, i think we have to look at a little bit as a broader picture and it shows diplomatic efforts to secure allies and to secure support to counterbalance the west. so i think the response,

the oral response will be much more nuanced and is planned for a long term rises. i'm kind of a short escalation on the battlefield, which might still take place. marina myron, from the war studies department at kings college to london. thank you. thank you very much. with a renewed russian offensive expected in the spring cave is considering its options . us advisors are suggesting ukraine moves its focus away from the besieged city of buck moot, and use new weapons to fight on the south eastern front. but for president volota moves the lansky, and those still holding out in buck moot, that decision is not an easy one. flew for nearly 6 months now, russia has waged a brutal battle to take the city of buff note and so far failed. but at a heavy cost to ukraine, with this makeshift cemetery on the outskirts of the city shows the scale of the

loss by motors located between don't yet in the hands get the edge of the front line and the don't bass region victory there could give russia a base to launch a campaign further west, who would also be a blow to ukrainian morale. the lensky said the fighting. there was key to the war . going to get every day the enemy fails on the mood front and in don't boss in general is a significant blow to the aggressor state u. s. advisors to ukraine. see that it's not worth the cost and ukrainian lives. russia has already shelled the city to rubble. leaving little to defend but assemble the u. s. is recommending ukraine shift its focus to the south where western deliveries of armored vehicles could set up key of for renewed counter offensive. the city of her son was recaptured by ukraine in november. and russia has ramped up pressure this winter across the southern frontline ascii of looks towards spring. it's expecting

a large russian offensive with the possible mobile ization of thousands of new invading troops. nato said weapons deliveries will help you crane. prepare and restaurant is planning for new offences. they are building heavily opt mobilized 100 to thousands of, and new troops ramping, production, acquiring ammunition from all to tell you seems like wrong, north korea and, and, and therefore we have to be prepared for a new rational fences. that's exactly why denouncement made last week are so important. amal, when more are more ammunition is more also long range. weapons like to high mars, but also the new announcements of batter. thanks. the u. s. defense department says it's unlikely russia can turn around its failures anytime soon. but it also says ukraine cannot expect to expel russia from the don bath. by the end of this year.

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