shoulders, but i have to hold this swayed because i'm responsible for the future fall country for the people behind the boss. sh. guardians of truth starts february 18th on dw. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, us secretary of state antony blanket, wraps up his middle east visit with a call for peace meeting with palestinian president mahmoud abbas lincoln said, palestinians face to shrinking horizon of heart and urged both sides to stop the violence also on the program in pakistan, families authorities killed in mondays,

most bombing in pish. our have been bearing they did, at least 100 people were killed in the country deadliest militant attack in years. ah, i'm shower drain. thank you for your company today. you where secretary of state antony blinkin has finished his visit to israel and the palestinian territories after talks interested them on monday, on tuesday he met with palestinian president mahmoud abbas in ramallah, a modest fight in violence between israelis and palestinians. lincoln expressed his condolences for the court innocent palestinians, palestinian civilians who lost their lives over the last year. and he urged abbas to de escalate tensions. he also reiterated wash to support for a 2 state solution,

albeit without proposing any new initiatives or entering his short press briefing in ramallah, the secretary of state blinking went on to say this. it's also important to continue to strive, not only reducing violence, but ensuring that ultimately the israeli house seems like enjoy the same rights, same opportunities. but what we're, what we're seeing now, citizens is a shrinking to rise in a whole, not expanding one. and that to we believe needs to change and nibbling can do well . earlier we asked semi so called a journalist based in jerusalem about his take on blink and visit in the israel and the palestinian territories. well, at z a secretary of state, of course it showed his close ties to israel. a he met with the prime minister, the minister of the fans dead. there had this kind of like very close settling on

security issues. and also all the issues connected to these early society. but what was really a striking where he says statements that he made in ramallah, the kind of sympathy that he expressed towards the palestinians. and also in condemning our or criticizing the kind of policies that the exact israeli government has decided on the last few days, he said that he is opposing the expanding of the supplement project. he's opposing the m legalization of outpost. he is opposing the demolition of palestinian homes. he opposes evictions. these are the kinds of things that we heard saturday night from the israeli government. these are the kinds of policies that this government wants to promote. sammy's, how covert? well, how tangled and complicated the israeli palestinian conflict is that grass roots

level can be seen in the example of a tiny bed, one village in the west bank, some right wing politicians want to see it demolished. palestinian and israeli writes groups oppose the move with the dead line looming to decide on the villages fight once and for all. the village of hon. allah mar. home to around 200 palestinian bedouins may seem humble. but it's at the center of a year's long legal battle that has gained international attention in 2018. israel's highest court ruled in favor of demolishing the village, which had been built without construction permits. israel's government decided not to follow through after outcry from the international community but a new far right government, led by prime minister benjamin netanyahu might change that. lindsey on february,

1st is their deadline to decide whether to bulldoze han, ala more or leave at b. right wing politicians are pushing for eviction palestinians and left wing israeli writes groups say the land would be used to expand a nearby jewish settlement. numerous international bodies such as the u. n. and the international court of justice. consider such settlements in the west bank, illegal disraeli rights organization, betsy lem, works to protect palestinian rights in the occupied territories. these policies by israel against will assume communities are criminal policies. these are human rights violations, the violations of international military law. they need to be stopped. the villagers themselves think demolition would have wider consequences, isn't going to be at the national community. praises pace, and if the village is demolished, the peace process ends. his,

its national community capable of preserving this village in order for peace to happen or not. whether e u diplomats visited hon olive mark to put that question to the test. they fear that a decision to evict would only fan the flames of conflict. then we will see on the way tave for further settlement construction, which is also against international law and which is at least end of my government . and which in addition politically would feel would put the perspective of the 2 state solution. a serious with in the end, the villages fate is in the hands of one of the most right when governments in israel's history. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. a young iranian couple has been jailed for more than 10 years each after posting a video of themselves dancing in front of a famous tehran landmark. the court convicted them of violating national security

and spreading depravity. authorities have cracked down on december 18th, the death of last september of gena master a me which barked mass, mass protest u. s. secretary of stay sorry, a us defense secretary i should say lloyd austin has said that washington will boost security cooperation with south korea. meeting his counterpart in sol, austin also promised the us would deploy more advanced weaponry to the korean peninsula. there is rising concern over north korea's weapons testing program. nato chief, you installed in bergen, japanese prime minister for mio casita. have promised to booth ties, meeting in tokyo, the pair said they were concerned, find the growing threat to global security posed by russia and china. japan is not a nato member, but cooperates closely with the alliance. at least 100 people are

now known to have died in pakistan following a suicide bomber tag and a mosque inside a security compound funerals have been taking place for some of the victims of mondays. the last many of them police officers, the pakistani taliban initially claim responsibility for the explosion in the northwestern city of pasha, while but later denied any involvement authorities are now investigating how the bonds managed to get inside the compound. without being stops. d w, spoke to officials impish, our for more let's listen in that there is no denying that this has been a security lapse. if someone could enter a highly secured compound like this one, there was no way for us to argue otherwise. for now, the investigation is on and the provincial chief minister has also set up a joint investigation table. yeah. well journalist urethra is curry is in the pakistani city of karachi, ellia, she told us more about these possible security lapses. unfortunately,

this was in georgia. we do in order to suicide, bought into the mosque and police lines and charlotte yesterday, killing at least 101 people injured, 221-5279. and 15 of those 2 critical for the challenge that we have seen a team and account clean. one is actually playing the other team. they would not attack a lunch psychology. and we have seen cyberspace and high on high building and installations. and we do know the flying launches in canada. gosh, show support with use rise. scary dash to france, where there's been another wave of protests and strikes over plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. many who took to the streets on tuesday night,

they're fighting not just against these reforms, but a vision of society. but they don't agree with table use elisa louis reports now from paris. o for these pupils and students retirement is still decades away. ah. and yet, they are here to protest against a reform that they feel leaves a question mark over the very heart of the french social state. oh, our pension system doesn't work any more. but what we should do is increase levies also on employers and to get more people into jobs to finance our pensions. we need a reform that helps workers and not just the company bosses will exploit us. laporte, we reject the governments vision of a society which includes a retirement age of 64 years and no investments in education. we are fighting for another society where the public sector, if the call is valued or no,

you are the best. so financial support for students has been cut and we are increasingly struggling to make ends meet, instead of helping us the government put this pension reform on top of all that we are sick of it. and on emma, the young people were demonstrating alongside older generations that would already be hit by the changes, no per, by the door good road. some people are earning a lot of money nowadays. and workers had to make an extra effort when times were difficult. there needs to be more re distribution with these young magical maza calling. i started working before the age of 18 and will now have to work a 3 additional years with this reform. i will lose money and work longer than others. that's not fair because the government says changes are needed to say francis pension system that rely solely on a pay as you go mechanism. today's workers contribute to current pensions, but this political analyst says what's at stake is also president my cause,

standing at home and abroad. given your copays continued, i can move my color for matter. so demo mccall wants to show he's a president who implements reforms will know the president before him, the manager to carry out in france or failure book him in your, in market. that's also important on a european level where he will lose credibility as a strong leader. italy weren't able to reform to his own country, especially in the context of the more in your brain. i fiduciary wafford buffer the reform the switches. but polls show more than 2 thirds of the french are opposed to the reform and counting. even the government has no knowledge. liking a little window when the majority of the french with its reform, driven in matter, is determined to force one anyway. but analysts fear that good alienate people, even from the government and strengthen experiments parties. the

protesters are determined to win the stand of with the government. additional demonstrations are already in the making well, pope francis has received a rapturous welcome in the democratic republic of the congo. the pontiff is making the 1st paypal visit to the d. r. c. since 1995 in a special address, francis condemned centuries of exploitation at the hands of colonial powers in africa. he demanded that foreign powers stock, pillaging the content continent for natural riches, high hopes in happiness and the democratic republic of the congo. a massive crush of believer crowded the streets at the capital consortia, florida glimpse of pope francis as his fame pup mobiles cruise to work in class neighborhoods towards the presidential palace. i am very,

very happy. i don't know how to express the sentiment of joy. all kinds of feelings that i have decided must die out. why did swap the runs out. when i saw the pope, i saw the face of peace and i cried. now out of sadness, but for joy of seeing our father in law may be like what? the d r c has been plagued with decades of conflict exploitation and poverty. the pope blames what he calls a colonial mentality that continues to rob africa, of its self determination, was to placing it with this country and his countenance deserve to be respected and listen to it for me. they deserve to find space and receive attention. the mommy hands off democratic republic of the congo whom about hands off africa so can stop choking africa. africa is not a mind to be stripped or plunder to go. we fully may africa be the protagonist of its own destiny for the scheme. africa. one of the few places in the world where

the catholic flock is growing in terms of practicing faithful as well as vocations to the priesthood. the d r. c. has a church is largest falling on the continent, half of its 105000000 people are catholic, and the vatican hopes that boost continues europe to died business we the rob, what's is next here on t w. of course you can go to our website for much more news on analysis that's at t w dot com and on social media where you can follow us that dw news. i'm jarrett, thanks. hope. thanks for your company. ah. devastated with our recon william asi cars carried by flooding. defects of climate change, i mean felt worldwide deforestation in the rain forest continued carbon dioxide emissions have risen again.