and the living conditions in their country. and finally the world with their ideas . founders valley africa starts february, 3rd, poland, d w ah ah, this is d, w. news live from berlin. russian forces make incremental gains in eastern ukraine, pushing to take more territory in the don't ask region. and focusing on the area around the city of bath moved t for news. it's calls for fighter jets from the west. also coming up

u. s. secretary of state anthony blanket wraps up his middle east visit with a call for peace and expressed his concern about escalating tensions between israelis and palestinians. and families of those killed in mondays, mosque bombing in peshawar are buried their dead. at least 100 people lost their lives in pakistan's deadliest militant attack in years. ah, i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. russian forces in eastern ukraine have gained ground close to bach mood in a continuing offensive that has destroyed parts of the city. ukraine is pressuring its allies to supply fighter jets as president below 2 mirrors, the lensky warns that russia is preparing for a major escalation of the conflict. meanwhile, a coalition of 12 countries has promised to keep between 120, and 140 tanks in

a 1st wave of deliveries in a little in the nation. the simon w. correspondents on the phone. the card joins us now from keeps us sonya ukraine said to get tanks as we've heard. now it says it wants fighter jets. that doesn't look likely to happen in the immediate future. so i was keep reacting when it's when it comes to these bottle tanks. the most urgent issue for ukraine now is speed. presidents uminski is really urging western allies to speed up deliveries of these tanks. and the re question now is whether these tanks will arrive in time for ukraine. defend itself against a major russian offensive, which is expected in the coming weeks or months. and, you know, ukraine says that needs to be thank badly in order to ramp up its own offensive operations even as bloody fighting continues in the still donya region. we're seeing russia really kind of pulling in soldiers to capture the city of buck mort. now, on the, on the actual fight, the chance you quit and says, needs fight to drive like f sixteens in order to kind of boost its own battled air

force. that explains largely from the soviets, it says it needs to better defend its skies. now, the u. s. has said it will not be delivering the slight to jets to ukraine, but the whole pure is of the debate on these strips will go the same way as the tanks that we'll see some initial push back from major. i live with that be with venture the coming around, we saw ukrainian defense minister next. next e leslie called yesterday saying that, you know, nearly every weapons demand from ukraine has gone through what he calls a new phase before getting the green light from rest on our lives. and sonya, on a separate matter, human rights watch has acute ukraine's military of using band anti personnel land mines. what's been the response to that? i mean, these are serious allegations. the report says that ukrainian forces fired onto the read rockets carrying these anti, both with mines, piled them at russian military targets in and around the northeastern city of zoom

when it was under national commission last year. now the ukrainian foreign ministry has reacted to these allegations. it said it will investigate to investigate the findings of this report. and it has said that these mines, which are very indiscriminate because they can make civilians, it has call them into maine. so you found the car in keith. thank you. well meantime us secretary of state antony blinking has finished his visit to israel and the palestinian territories. after talks in jerusalem on monday, he met with palestinian president mac wood, a boss in ramallah on tuesday, and made a spike in violence between israelis and palestinians. mister blane can express his condolences for what he called the innocent palestinians. civilians who lost their lives over the last year, and he urged mister abbas to de escalate tension. and though he proposed no new

initiatives, mister lincoln reiterated washington support for a 2 state solution. during a short press briefing in ramallah, the secretary of state went on to say that it's also important to continue to strive not only for reducing violence, but ensuring that ultimately the israeli house needs a life enjoy the same right, the same opportunities. what we're, what we're seeing now, how citizens is a shrinking to rise in a whole not expanding one. and that to we believe needs to change. theresa based journalist sammy so call gave us this assessment of lincoln to visit well at z a secretary of state, of course it showed his close ties to israel. he met with the prime minister, the minister of the fans dead. there had this kind of like very close a link on security issues and also all the issues connected to these early society

. but both 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 if it condemning our or criticizing the kind of policy, is 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 em 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 and that was sammy, so call are joining us from jerusalem earlier. the tangled complexity of the israeli palestinian conflict can be seen at

a grass roots level in the tiny bedouin village in the west bank. some right wing politicians want it demolished this particular village while palestinians and israelis rights groups oppose the move. and a deadline is looming. have a look. the village of han olive 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. d as railey rights organization, pet selim 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 a national community. praises pace, and if the village is demolished, the peace process ends is its national community capable of preserving this village

in order for peace to happen or not. so de la e u diplomats visited hon. i'll mark to put that question to the test. they fear that a decision to evict would only fan the flames of conflict. then we would see why the way tave for further settlement construction, which is also against the international law and which is extent of my government. and which in addition politically would be would put the perspective of the 2 states to loosen a serious roof. in the end, the villages fate is in the hands of one of the most right when governments, in israel's history here is a look at some other stories making headlines. now. authorities in australia have recovered the tiny radioactive capsule that has been missing for weeks. teams using radiation detecting equipment, found the capsule close to the highway where it fell off

a truck in the outback. it contains the highly radioactive metal, cesium, $137.00, intended for use in iron mining. the streets of me on mars, largest city, young gone, are deserted. as people mark the 2nd anniversary of the country's military coup, democracy activists have urged people across the country to stay at home in a so called silent strike. it comes as the u. s. and its allies imposed further sanctions on members of the ruling military hunter. hope frances is leading a huge open air mass in the democratic republic of congo. capital kinshasa, more than a 1000000 people are estimated to be in attendance on francis has called for peace and forgiveness. and the war torn nation where decades of conflict have left millions dead. police in pakistan say that they have made a number of arrests in connection with monday's mosque bombing in peshawar,

in which at least 100 people died. funerals have already been held for some of the dead. the mosque is inside of a high security compound, and most of the victims were police officers. authorities are investigating how the bomber managed to get inside, without being challenged. the families and colleagues are bidding them through well with full police honors. meanwhile, survivors are recovering in the hospital many in shock and still wearing their police uniforms. uh huh. they, they are low as soon as we raised her hands to begin her prayer, we heard a loud last. i felt a huge flame coming my way washed away and i lost consciousness. when i came to, i found myself under the rubble. more than $300.00 people were at the mosque when an entire wall and most of the roof were blown out, showering rubble on officers. the blast was one of the deadliest attacks and

pakistani security forces in recent years. police are investigating how the bumper was able to gain access to the mosque. it is located in a ward compound inside a high security area with other government buildings. here at the lab, there is no denying that this has been a security lapse. if someone could enter a highly secured compound like this one, there is 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. tim. yes, the pakistani taliban denied involvement after him. initial claim by one of its commanders. the group ended a ceasefire in november and violence has been on the rise since france has seen more protest and strikes over plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 . many who took to the streets on tuesday say that they are not only fighting these

reforms, but a vision of society that they disagree with. is lisa lewis report from paris. oh, for these pupils and students retirement is still decades away. ah, and yet they are here to protest against a reform that they feel leads a question mark over the very heart of the french social state. oh, look, what do you reject the government's 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 is always valued. the young people were demonstrating alongside older generations that would already be hit by the changes magical masa cover. i started working before the age of 18 and will now have to work 3 additional years with this reform. i will lose money and work longer than others. so that's not fair because the government says the changes

are needed to say francis pension system that relies 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. kimberly knuckle. please continue that. call me my call. you have for matter to lima. no. my call wants to show he's a president who implements reforms. would know the president before him. the manager to carry out in france or exterior. booker menu in merkel, 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 ukraine or fiduciary phosphorus, but forbid a form to switch. but holds shows more than 2 thirds of the french are opposed to the reform and counting. the protesters are determined to win,

to send off with the government additional demonstrations already in the making. of reminder of our top story on the w, russian forces in eastern ukraine have gained ground close to buck loot in a continuing offensive that has destroyed parts of the city. keith is pressuring its allies for fighter jets as president polluted mersa lensky warrens that russia is preparing for major escalation of next business with my colleague, chris colbert. stay with us. if you can for that, i'm sarah kelly and her land. thanks for watching. take care. ah, i will interest the global economy our portfolio g w business beyond here's a closer look at the project. our mission.