ah ah ah, this is dw is coming to live from berlin, violence a ropes in the middle east as israel police center jerusalem spell out some mosque during ramadan video released by his real shows, officers in riot gear inside is loved. 3rd holy shrine at the temple mouth, which is also the most sacred sight in judy,

is also coming out. and i never thought anything like this could happen in america with the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. over us president donald trump lashes out after pleading not guilty to 34 counts of business fraud in new york city court. plus finland's flag is raised as nato welcomes its 31st member ceremony in brussels. russia says, the move is an assault on pitt security, and the ukranian army struggles to find enough ammunition d. w goes to the front lines in eastern ukraine to find out how so called shell hunger is affecting cubes. war effort.

ah. hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. violence has erupted inside the alex, a mosque in jerusalem on a site revered by both jews and muslims. israeli police entered the mosque early on wednesday to remove people they say, had barricaded themselves inside the building. is really authorities say palestinian youth hurled stones and fireworks at his railey forces who made more than 350 arrests. palestinian red crescent says 12 palestinians were wounded during the clashes on the hilltop. compound, known to jews as the temple mount and to muslims, as the noble sanctuary. the action was condemned by palestinian militants who fired rockets from the gaza strip toward is really territory. israel responded with air strikes, the series of instances, raising fears of an even greater escalation of violence as the jewish pass over

holiday. and the muslim holy month of ramadan coincide, dw corresponded tanya kramer is standing by force in jerusalem. tanya, let's start with that 10 situation at the alex a mosque. what happened? how did it all start? my life. i do think very violent scenes are coming out from inside the acts. a mosque overnight with israeli police going into the mosque, which is the 3rd holy aside from muslims and muslims all over the world. but what's very closely, what is happening there in jerusalem's old city. now the video is circulating also on social media. there were circulating overnight of beatings by police and no scuffles with palestinians inside the mosque. now these ready police has released the statement earlier this morning saying that they,

he went in because palestinian youth had barricaded themselves inside. they were throwing out. they were inciting violence according to that statement and while entering stones and firecrackers where thrown at the forces now palestinian eye witnesses said inside the mosque, they were actually praying. there were staying there overnight and then it was an unnecessary and excessive force of use inside a holy place. that's the alex a mosque. the balance has spread though, way beyond jerusalem tanya, what can you tell us about the situation in gaza and the west bank? bobby galvan report, ortho military is really military raid and the occupied west bank there where clashes there near hebron, but overnight and reaction to what happened at the alex a mosque. garza militants have fired a barrage of rockets to what southern communities in southern israel, the israeli f was and had carried out as strikes in the early morning on the gaza

strip. and thomas, i was ruling our garza the minute and group hamas and other minute infections in garza actually called on palestinians to come out and to protest the israeli actions. this comes tanya particularly sensitive time in the region during the muslim holy month of ramadan and jewish passover. how is that feeding into the tension what it is certainly a sensitive time, muslims mark the holy month of ramadan, as he said. and today's the beginning of pass over for a jewish israelis with the cedar evening and every time you know, such things are happening especially, you know, on such as sensitive holy side in the old city. the 3rd holy aside from wilson's, by the holy aside for jewish israelis nowadays concerned that american

escalation, as we've seen of that before. but people i talk to you in recent days, you know, they actually said no, they want to see a quiet and a festive month of ramadan. a passive. and there's also a palestinian christians and christians from all over the world marking easter this weekend. but because it's such a sensitive side and could have really repercussions. now we also saw the strong statements by adipose, in no authority, of course, on the one hand, but also by a neighboring jordan, which is the custodian of the holy side. se, condemning or what has happened at the inside the alex m oscar overnight? tanya, thank you very much. as always, our crews are corresponded there in jerusalem. tony kramer for a u. s. president donald trump has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in court in new york, he paces 34 counts of falsifying business records linked to hush money payments.

the prosecutor say he orchestrated trump says the charges are baseless and part of a political campaign against him. and just hours after facing an unprecedented criminal hearing, donald trump was back on the attack. this is a person investigation. she stood our family for. it's close hundreds of millions of dollars to put our head over. trump had made a quick exit from new york. after fronting a manhattan court of a $34.00 criminal charges, his every move across the country was tracked in media coverage and a case that domination national rest. what and international he blinds, but as it trump made little acknowledgement of the drama, as it unfolded outside the court house inside he entered not guilty please to all the charges which relate to hush money payments to

a dorman and to women. he's alleged to have had a fears with prosecutors alleged trump falsified business records. why did donald trump repeatedly make these false statements? the evidence will show that he did so to cover up crimes relating to the 2016 election back. it has maryland go home and florida. trump told supporters in a campaign styles speech that the charges against him with politically motivated and baseless. i never thought anything like this could happen in america. never thought it could happen. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. the case will be back before the court in december, but it's not the only legal drama trump is facing with cerebral other

investigations underway, which could result and further and more serious charges that could force trump to make more court appearances between now and election day. so trump has come out swinging in response to his arraignment. earlier i asked catherine cuba ashbrook from the birth was munched. if going to tell us how serious the charges are that trump is facing? well look, this is going to be for the manhattan d, a alvin brag to make over the run of the case. but of course, the former president was brought into this case by a jury of his peers. they felt that the $34.00 points made against him could in fact amount to a felony and not just a series of misdemeanors, which usually is something that falsifying business documents might fall under. but we just heard that manhattan d a say look, this will be linked to a secondary crime and that will be up to manhattan, da,

to prove as part of the process. but it is a bit of a legal gamble, and we'll see the trump legal team try to poke holes into that connection and that will be the substance of the case. trump's indictment, catherine has galvanized the republican party behind trump will further prosecutions have the same effect to you. thank well, it will all depend on when the prosecutions come and the gravity of these prosecutions. but you're absolutely right. it's been interesting to see over the last couple of days, how even the president, harshest critics from within the party. i'm thinking of senator mitt romney and his former national security advisor, john bolton, of actually rallied to the side of the president. not because they support donald trump as another for another term, but on the merits of the case. so they say, and you're right, his base, the republican voters, are as energized as ever. his campaign has put out numbers that just in a short amount of time. and about

a week since the indictment and then now arraignment, they raised over $7000000.00 in campaign contributions and republican voters seem to be breaking $8.00 to $108.00 out of 10 for the former president and putting rhonda santas with possible challenger governor florida. way in the backseat, so it seems at least this moment right now is galvanizing the republican base, but an election cycle in the united states as long and if more of these cases are brought forward, particularly the case in georgia on election fraud and the examination. the federal examination of the former president's involvement in january 6 attack. that of course could shift the shift the gambit. so you see this as giving, putting some wind in the sales of donald trump's campaign to win election next year, looking ahead to the election. could we really see trump and bide and facing off with trump, having a prospect of getting back into the white house?

well, there's an if so sen. reuters pull out that came out at just about a day ago and 45 percent of americans. the entire american electorate, so almost half of the con housey battles through this swamp. but he's narrative that there is something deeply wrong with the american legal system seems to be resonating with his base and some parts of the independence. but again, there is still, at least at this moment a larger part as and leaning larger part of the american electorate. it thinks that this man so is nothing but chaos. we saw that lay out in the mid term elections where people did not follow trumps. and recommendations in terms of his candidates, people did not want to see trump and trump like figures back in public office. so 20 months or long, we'll see what happens. but right now it's really the country remains split on donald trump's candidates, or for 2024 to shield tougher. thank you so much. that was catherine clifford ashbrook from the battles. bunched. if though concerns are

growing in nato that beijing may be considering supplying arms to moscow's war effort, china's growing alignment with russia is on the agenda today in brussels. the alliances, former foreign ministers, rather the native foreign ministers are meeting today for a 2nd day of talks. yesterday, finland officially joined from nato. the move prompted by russia's invasion of ukraine changes the alliances security structures along its eastern flag. helsinki has one of the strongest land based militaries in europe and has a 1300 kilometer long border with russia. joiner by dw correspond, rosie bare child who is following nato's 2nd day of talks in brussels, rosie, i understand, you've spoken with a number of foreign ministers there. what are they telling you? well, i spoke 1st of all, to the foreign minister of nato's newest member of finland. i asked him,

what does it feel like to be part of this western military alliance? and he said he had had plenty of messages over the past 24 hours. people in finland, he said that told him they were popping champagne corks. and now the message here from the 2 members is that with finland now officially welcomed into the fold. the alliance is stronger militarily and politically. and of course they do have other challenges. plenty of other challenges still to tackle not least, of course, that war which continues to rage in ukraine, and that is never far from the minds of ministers here in brussels. canada's foreign minister, melanie jolie said it's important to have a conversation about ukraine's future about security guarantees about potential security engagement. she said, even beyond the end of this war, she said after ukraine's victory, that is something tell you which will likely be music to the ears of officials in keith. meanwhile, germany's foreign minister adelina bearable qual sheet that the emphasis beyond

nature was borders. she said nato needs to engage more with like minded partners, and that is very much the order of the day here. so that's a little insight ahead of the meeting today. what will be discussed at today's meeting? well, crucially, nato ministers are holding talks with what they call their asia pacific partners. that includes the foreign minister of japan who's here in person. the foreign minister of new zealand, china, of course, is not here, but you can be sure, terry, that that is certainly an up for discussion. among these ministers, natal only defined its relationship with beijing or hope views its ties with beijing. last year, 8 says that china is a challenge to nato security to its interests, not quite defined as a threat that certainly as a challenge and know that the words that the day really hearing brussels are d, risking germany's foreign minister also said it's important for

a european countries to de risk rather than decoupled from china. that sounds like a lot of jargon, but basically it's about saying maintaining ties on some fronts while also trying to take into account the security challenges that china might pose not least, given the fact that these ministers are eyeing warily signs of a deepening friendship between moscow and beijing, no eyes ministers gather here. there is a very important delegation. headink to china is french president, emanuel macro on nato leader, himself. he is taking with him the president of the eas executive, ursula underline, and no fewer than at least 50 business leaders. we've heard those words d a d risk rather than decouple. let's see how that actually comes out in actions. now sweden applied to join nato, the same time that finland dead. there's talk rosie up sweden becoming a native member in july. how likely is that? will sweden and finland a joy apply to join this alliance together last year. but sweden's bate has been

caught up in a political tiff with turkey as turkey has in the past accuse sweden essentially of offering safe haven to terrorists? that is something sweden denies and i spoke to sweden's foreign minister here, and he said that he had had a talk with his turkish counterpart and that he had reassured him that there would be new legislation coming in in finland on that and out of topic of counter terrorism, he said that was welcomed by turkeys, foreign minister, or there is a crucial nato summit coming up later in the year of june. so that really could be the moment to watch because that is also the month that this new swedish legislation will kick in. so it could be that before long, terry, there is yet another new flag added to this row of likes behind me with sweden on its way, also joined their lights, if turkey and hungry, which is still blocking agree to ratify that membership it rosie. thank you very much, shar correspond at rosie birch out there in brussels. more

on this was cross over to our correspond, jennifer parker, she's in, in reger left the jennifer, finland, joining nato reverses decades of military non alignment. what reactions are you seeing to that? well, terry, of course, rush us reaction to finland, joining nato to put it bluntly is quite negative rash as defense. ministers said geisha who said that this move is raising the prospect of actually escalating the conflict in ukraine further. but he also said that this could damage the already strained relationship between russia and the west. he also stated that russia would be forced to take counter measures. but when asked what these counter measures would look like kremlin spokesperson to me that it just said that they will carefully observe what will happen in finland. what he means with that is quote, how nato will exploit the territory of finland in terms of placing weapons and

infrastructure there. and according to this, then russia would be forced to take measures. yes score also said that it, that finland, joining nato is an encroachment on russia, security and national interest. but at the same time, he tried to downplay finland, joining nato, saying that this is a completely different case in comparison to ukraine. and the reason for that is that according to him, finland isn't as anti russian as ukraine s. l. finland, join nato in response to russia's full scale invasion of ukraine last year is finland's nato membership, likely to change anything regarding the war in ukraine? well, a rush has placed president vladimir putting more than one's actually had cited opposition to nato's eastward enlargement. as one of the justifications for the full scale invasion in ukraine, and while he invaded ukraine even before finland and sweden decided to join nato. but now as a result of the war, a finland, joint nato,

and the alliances border with russia will devil. so as, as i said before showing who is a defense minister, sure goose that, that there will be an s. or there might be an escalation of the conflict in ukraine, but he didn't elaborate on that. so we will have to see and wait if he will become more specific. jennifer, thank you very much. our correspondent jennifer parker there in riga and western tanks, missiles and fighter jets without them cube says it has little hope of retaking territory occupied by russian forces. but even in defense, the ukrainian army already faces a more fundamental problem, finding ammunition to keep the weapons it already has running. d w, as nick connelly has been to the front lines in eastern ukraine to find out how so called shell hunger is impacting the way this war is fought. all of the takes many

hands to load this soviet howitzer, reckon twice as old as the commander in charge of it was with you. we have enough hands. short on what is ammunition? there being outgunned, ukraine's defense minister says the russian army, his firing 4 times more shells. it's time to move. this pretty over carson doesn't stop the russian drones from seeing us, but it makes it a bit more difficult and gives us bit more time to talk to people in these positions. and in theory are of see a target for russian strikes. however, you are then the soviet era grad rocket artillery system is far from cutting edge technology. but with a range of 40 kilometers, can fire over the heads of the ukranian infantry on the trenches ahead and hold of fresh attacks that makes these units a prime target for the russian army. this is redeem 7th grad of this war. overflow must an apostle works with them. my last grad was like a piece of swiss cheese at the end result loading holes and shrapnel with those

holcomb what you kept on going on, but back until the chassis, conked out, postal or solicit? now you're not on is the grads a less of a problem than the lack of ammunition? ukraine has used up decades worth of stocks in a year cave and it's alice. and now scaring europe and beyond. for more years there's no, we're just deal a week over out of action for days on end. we didn't have any missiles. we were just waiting to stocks. we're getting pakistan of the czech republic. they've been in storage for decades. we have to re learn how to use them. lots of them don't reach their targets. we need shelves with the counter offensive ahead or how are we going to protect our infantry? are we going to throw sticks of the russians of images or as we leave a demon his grad. you see this a special vehicle used to away stranded tanks. there a common site here. this is where you craning only mechanics fight to keep museum

age tanks. going to meet her shows us what shrapnel can do on this was i haven't a direct hit came from a shell that landed meters away in tighter. it will now have to be replaced. not something they can do here right now. what's the wallet? what became of feel? most of the time on that we're replacing seals pumps from on the ceiling with oil leaks with a bottle of grease tanks are only get the pro go up. they're being used much more intensively than anyone ever expected the queue more workforce, but just an actor totals gifts. one of them is it, but there must that lead to people. we meet been closely following use of western battle tanks reaching ukraine. they're not expecting to see leopards horrible challenges here anytime soon. they simply aren't enough of them. you buy a lot and we'll do the oil events. we'll finish this war fighting with soviet. okay, so what's the just isn't enough new western technology to go around or post sledgehammers for crowbars and welding machines? believe that's what's going to get us through or with what i smell, but i hadn't improvised parts made by hand of scrap the order of the day. factory

books bears the exception. metro tells us his unit regularly sends teams across the country to head san. still finding rest in almost half a year after moscow's army was kicked out tank ammunition like this is a bonus of them. there's some car insulting messages. left by recent crews will return your call in, but at the same one they come up with. they didn't get a chance to fight, that's as much as the who won the well did. they'll get these back soon enough to lose the fair, but the buddy no fruit and use a western military support. it's russia, that's an inverse in the keeping these ukrainian units in ammunition. and these men say they couldn't do without it every year in early april, the united nations march, the international day of mine awareness. it's estimated that more than 30000000 land mines have been left in the ground from conflicts round the world. one of the

country's most seriously affected is iraq. who shot a leave has made clearing land mines. his life's work. he lost his legs 3 decades ago when he stepped on one. since then, he says he has cleared hundreds of thousands of exclusives to prevent others from shading his fate. emishak i had said, yeah, my work is extremely dangerous, but i'm able to do it thanks to my experience and my expertise. this is the, could this region off not pick it up. one of the idiots burst affected by mines and unexploded bombs from to eat on iraq. war of the 1980s, the ducal force, and the latest conflict with the so called islamic state, millions of unexploded bombs, the still lit of the ground. according to international experts. we've been talking about 2600000000 square meters. all areas that are contaminated through all d rack with the most affected governance being basra, minima,

my son. and, and was gonna take to push out ali, who's willing to it organization. not only clears land mines, but also days is of in is one of the danger to pause, including among children immediately would sometimes the children call me up when they find land mines while playing. if they're careful, then i know it's all worth it. how many will howard all land mines have not only cause to ashad ali, his legs to him, also kill his son and his brother. and the reason he keeps fighting day after day one mine at a time. you're watching dw news. just remind her of the top story recalling for you this, our israeli police say they have arrested 350 people after violent clashes at jerusalem's . alex a mosque, israeli police in riot gear, entered the malls early on wednesday, with the stated goal of dislodging agitators. coming

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