[000:00:00;00] hm ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. israel's military launches, strikes on the gaza strip. explosions are seen and heard in the palestinian territory after nightfall. it comes after a barrage of rockets. we're fired from lebanon into northern israel on thursday.

also coming up on the program, visiting beijing, you chief, or sola funder lion, has kind words for china and a stern warning. she praises chinese liter shooting pin on his nuclear weapons stance warns against army russia as vela russian and russian leaders need moscow. the kremlin says it station in of tactical nuclear weapons, and belarus is a response to nato expansion, the same justification it used to invade ukraine. ah, i'm aaron took me berlin. welcome to the program. these really military says it's launched airstrikes and the gaza strip. local media report explosions in the territory and plains in the sky. the nighttime strikes are apparently in retaliation for attacks on israel earlier in the day. several walketh were fired on the north of the country from lebanon. their lebanese reports said that the

missiles were launched from palestinian gee camps. the escalation in violence comes after classes this week between israeli police and palestinians, inside jerusalem's oscar most a slums. 3rd, holiest side, dw, corresponded tanya kramer is standing by for us in jerusalem. so tonya, what exactly are you hearing about those israeli strikes? i'm gaza now, these really ami announce shortly after midnight. you look at the time that it had begun to carry out as strikes and different targets across the gaza strip at united said so far they have struck 2 weapon tunnels and manufacturing sites belonging to hamas. this comes, as you have said, that comes up to a rocket garage from lebanon this afternoon. and the israeli army has

blamed palestinian militant groups for carrying out of those rockets strikes name the hamas and islamic jihad as well. and this comes, of course, following wednesday's explanation in east jerusalem on the alexa most compound, no arid science. sirens has also gone off in the areas around the gaza strip in israeli communities around the gaza strip. this is of course devastating news for people in the south of israel, but also in particular for people in garza and they have no shelters to go. and they have gone through such situations in recent years, many times. and these strikes were in response to a barrage of rockets fired from lebanon into northern israel on thursday. what do we know about those attacks? yeah, the arid simon's there went off in the afternoon around 3 or 3 o'clock in the afternoon

across the north in israel. israeli army said later that 34 rockets where launched at israel 25 of them. where intercepted by the iron dome defense massage system. and so then the security cabinet had been meeting tonight. this meeting has ended as prime minister benjamin netanyahu. it said earlier that any me, courts will pay the price for any aggression. we also heard tonight after the a security cabinet ended from its best defense minister. you off gallon, she said that the defense establishment will face any threat. and of course to put that into context is all comes after the escalation in the past 2 days. when is where the police was storming into the alex, i'm most compelled and inside the mosque,

they were videos coming out from there with police officers beating people inside the most. there were also many arrests being made and they have been rocket launches also on wednesday from garza from militant groups there that was dw tonya claim at jerusalem reporting for us. thank you. european commission. she for sale, a founder, lion and french president, manuel mccoy, have called on china to use his influence with russia to end the war and ukraine. the european leaders are in beijing to promote peace, but they also had a warning for chinese president, she ging thing, not to send weapons to russia. a clear message from the a you changed to chinese president gene ping, use your leverage with moscow to help end of the war in ukraine, china's position on this is crucial for the european union. as a member of the un security council, there is

a big responsibility. and we expect that china will play its role and promote a just peace one that respects ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. one of the cornerstones of the un charter. it was a message echoed by french president, emmanuel mc kron, who joined the 2 for talks legged, assured, recently cleaner the russian aggression in ukraine has dealt a blow to the stability far as it ended decades of peace in europe working. this will, i know i can count on new policy to bring russia to its senses and every one to the negotiating table. it'll know that at that the negotiation whether the chinese president will, he'd that call is unclear. vonda lion reported that he had agreed to talk to you crane's president zalinski when the time was right. though she made no mention of this in his own comments. after the meeting. there were words of warning from fond a lion,

the chief told g not to arm russia against ukraine. a possibility many western leaders have feared it. but she also had praised fishy statements on nuclear war. and chinese president has urged both sides not to use nuclear weapons without mentioning russia, specifically on trade g said beijing and paris had agreed to deepen their co operation in fields like aerospace and nuclear energy. human rights concerns, particularly the persecution of the wigan muslims, engine, jang. we're also discussed they each have called the european chinese relationship, a complex but interdependent one. the war in ukraine is certainly putting the partnership to the test. robert daily's, the director of the wilson centers kissing your great institute on china and the united states. earlier, we asked him, what can river realistically be expected from beijing? very little idea that china might play a positive role has been around practically from the 1st day of the invasion. well over

a year now. and she's in pain has not seen fit to attempt to play that role. so there's nothing about the current status of the war that he's likely to find a good sign that now is the time to do it. chinese position is still that it is, it is neutral, but it isn't contributing. and so i think that there's very little leverage, and there's very little that china can offer to putin to get him to stay his hand at least under current conditions. let's take a look now at some other new stories making headlines around the world. hundreds of demonstrators have rallied in sedans, capital card, to the protest come a day after the signing of a final settlement between the military and pro democracy forces was postponed for a 2nd time. security forces, fire, tear gas, and stone journeys. the white house, as it has handed congress, a classified report on the 2021 u. s. withdrawal from afghanistan. documents summary largely blooms,

former president donald trump, for the debacle in which he was troops had to mount a desperate evacuations from cobble airport, the by ministration ultimately defended the pull out decision that document dozens of demonstrators have stormed, officers of major financial multinational in paris to protest against the government plan pension reforms. they're angry by president mac holes plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. the proposals have few weeks of nationwide protests. a former tele prime minister silvio berlusconi is suffering a rare type of blood cancer. doctor say he is being treated for a lung infection linked to leukemia. he was admitted to an intensive care unit in milan on wednesday. the media back date is currently a sen and leader of the center right for italian party. the kremlin says that the leaders of belarus and russia did not discuss the deployment of strategic nuclear weapons during their talks on thursday,

despite being widely expected to do so. the russian leader, alexander lucas shameka, is in moscow for a 2nd day of meetings with russian president vladimir putin. discussions have focused on defense and economic ties. russia had earlier no plans to please it's tactical nuclear weapons and vegetables. a movie that has drawn condemnation from the west, the kremlin, has dismissed the criticism, saying that the decision is a response to nato expansion. the secretary general against oldenburg said that the deployment contradicts a recent russian chinese statement. same country shouldn't station nuclear weapons beyond their own borders. this is russia's iskander and missile system able to hit targets of to 500 kilometers away. he could soon be stationed in bel roost near the polish border, carrying nuclear warheads. moscow says the iskander system has already been transferred to the ballad. russian military and troops had

reportedly arrived in russia to learn how to use it. russia claims the move is a response to nato, increasing its combat readiness, and adding finland as a member. made official earlier this week, ridiculously. under these circumstances, we are taking retaliatory measures defending the security of the union state bell. ruth has been a close ally to russia since the invasion of ukraine, which was partly launched from bella russian territory. since then, the russian and bell russian militaries have carried out multiple joint exercises. russian nuclear warheads are scheduled to arrive in values in july, shift over belarus is authoritarian leader, alexander lucas. shank. oh said the nuclear weapons weren't just for show hardly plain stylish. don't you put the ukrainians believe that they will win? well, this is nonsense. it is impossible to defeat a nuclear power if the russian leadership realizes that the situation threatens the collapse of russia, the most awful weapons will be used to rational missouri. my position,

the united nations disarmament affairs chief, has warned that the risk of nuclear war in europe is higher than at any point since the end of the cold war. it's been called one of the great untold stories of the 2nd world war. how a group of american journalists and socialites helped some of europe's greatest artists and intellectuals escape nazi germany. well now the history of the american emergency rescue committee has been turned into a netflix series. trans atlantic takes its inspiration from the scruple, comedies of the era to tell a tale filled with drama, romance, and quite a few laughs. marcell 1940 jewish and left wing artists and intellectuals on the run for the nazis are trying to escape to the u. s. a rag tag team of amateur americans, the emergency rescue committee, is trying to help, even as their country remains determined to stay out of the war in iraq. i'm done with these people. been through enough?

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a happy ending seems just around the corner. ah, and here's a quick reminder of the top story. we're following for you at this hour. israel's military has launched airstrikes on the gaza strip. it comes after a barrage of rockets was fired from lebanon into northern israel on thursday. and that's all for me for now. business is up next with chris cover. don't forget, there's much more news on our website. that's d, w dot com. and of course, our social media handle is at the w news. i'm here until in berlin. thanks for tuning and