analyze the fight for market dominance. this is where you stood with the w business beyond b ah 50 w news line from by then the middle east, on high alert, is violence escalates to women, a shot and killed in the west bank hours after israel launches and strikes against targets in garza and 11, also on the program, the battle to back most in ukraine. british intelligence says, russian forces have probably taken the city center threatening a key ukrainian supplier route.

ah, i'm so galle welcome to the program. israel on high alert as violence across the region escalates. israeli authorities of reinforce border security since police raids on jerusalem's alex, a mosque raised tensions in the latest incident to his writing. women in the occupied west bank were killed when the car was shot. that a 3rd was seriously injured. attack happened, the hammer junction in the northern part of the jordan valley. earlier israel launched as strikes against garza and lebanon in retaliation for those rocket attacks. and he's right, the military says it struck targets linked to the palestinian militant group. a mass for sky line of gaza city lighting up to not long after the israeli army confirmed that it was carrying out

airstrikes in the territory. ah, israel also launched strikes in southern lebanon. this is the aftermath of the day before dozens of rockets were fired from lebanon toward israeli territory. the biggest rocket attack from lebanon in 17 years, israel's prime minister, convened a security meeting to discuss how to respond. marcella, the futon regarding the aggression against us. another friend was then we will strike our enemies and they will pay the price of any act of aggression. when we go, our enemies will discover again, that up moments of truth. the citizens of israel stud united and unified and back the actions of israeli army. and the other security services to defend our country and our people as a criminal, israeli military said,

most of the rockets were intersected by its iron dome anti missile system. this property and northern israel however, was not spared. israel has pointed the finger at palestinian militants for the attacks, which how much the time of rising tensions after israeli police rated the al acts and mos in jerusalem earlier this week is lambs, 3rd, holiest site. authority said they were forced to enter the complex to remove people. they describe as rioters palestinians, and their supporters accused israel of using excessive force against worshippers. an emergency session of the un security council on thursday night urged diplomats on all sides to show restraint. ah, members were clearly united in the need for de escalation and common region. this

is a whole month for all 3 religions. escalation is not in anybody's interest in the region, and i think we will see that the counselor sees of his master in the coming period as well as capitals. but the holy month has so far brought no science. if the escalation, israel is over, night air strikes were followed by a salvo of rockets from the gods. austrian watchers of correspondent rebecca riches told me more about the fatal shooting in the west bank for what we know. i feel as that a family, a jewish family was travelling in the occupied west bank. they came under fire jordan valley and then the car lost control. the driver lost control of the vehicle and 2 young women were killed at the scene out. one woman, the mother is in a critical condition. the father was travelling in a separate car and survived the accident. now shortly after that incident, i'm sorry, survived the shooting. they attack hamas mass came out of that attack in

a statement, and they praised the attack. they said it was a natural response to israel's ongoing aggression towards palestinians and the alex m also referring to the scenes we saw in that report from tuesday, where israeli police tried to clear the mosque or they, they had, there was video circulating of them, beating people inside the mos in that has really set tensions. right. got tensions running really high this week. and in response to that attack in the jordan valley and the death of the the 2 jewish women the far right members of the government. ca, calling for a really strong response from israel. israel's defense minister has bolstered security across the country and the occupied territories and checkpoints. and the police chief here in israel is calling to anyone with a gun and a license to carry that gun for their own safety. and to protect people around them, so tensioned extremely high, even if the situation here in the old city is relatively calm to day. and the

situation that we're seeing here that the spike intentions overnight in the northern and southern borders does appear to be di. escalating was rebecca riches in jerusalem? ah, beirut bureau chief mohammed just writer updated me on the situation in lebanon. life is looking for normal, ended up in east the border towns, but the situation is a cautious call. the officer is strides all me said it had struck 3. hm. awesome. trust truck church gets in the south and the ban on this morning a residence around the russia, d palace to in refugee camps nearly a 1000 city of t a that he ported 3 loud blasts around for a m a local her time, dis came in retaliation for rocket barrage launched on her israel from seldom lebanon. his royal blamed on the air, the militant group, hamas. now those anticipation of the reaction of the ban is heavily armed group

hesper law. there are many questions about deed in nature or at a scale. andy, a timing off he possible response prompt, has bella, and whether it will be limited to the at known rules of engagement. they're aware of israel, meaning that are both parties acknowledged, the balance of power and they don't a seem to be keen on changing it at a, at the moment, although the direction backdrop repeatedly expressed. that readiness or for any upcoming battle with this. and so what sort of political reaction has there been well on, on might be the most challenging front for israel, or from him and military you perspective, however, the political situation in lebanon is very fragile. the country has been facing a presidential that vacuum for 6 months now, and a debility of the caretaker government is very limited when it comes to their importance and m as strategic decisions. there are major or political divisions in

the ban on that some opposition leisure's. they have accused iran allies, including has bella and allied, a palestinian factions of dragging lebanon into a confrontation with their israel. that lebanon's caretaker government has expressed a condemnation of the rocket luncheon. and there, reassured it's a commitment to the un resolution, 17 or one which stopped the war with his wife in 2006, when his army said also it is working at closely with the un peacekeepers in lebanon to her. keep her d situation. air deescalate a route bureau to some home. it's going to ukraine, down the u. k. intelligence reports and says that russian forces are made significant gains in the eastern city of back. what the british se russian forces are probably taking the city center along with the west bank of the back. what could river, i would put ukrainian supply lines and the threat ukraine rejects report,

but admits the situation is difficult. back mode has been on the seat for months and seen some of the fiercest fighting of the war. i'm oscar correspondent, j goes, she manascale in reagan, where he's been working since that russia ban d. w from operating in the country. he told me more about the situation in back. not till the last we've heard from the russian side about the situation backward was from give guinea pig gordon head of the wagner group that is fighting in the city yesterday. he said that the enemy, the ukrainians, are actually not going anywhere. and as you said, the, the battle in the city has been going on for months for over 8 months already. and it has turned into this grinding st to st bottle. and in fact, in the last weeks, the russian forces had the upper hand. they were taking ground in the city. but what precaution said now is that yes, the ukrainian argo are falling back, but they prepare new defense lines,

particularly in the western part of the city. the reserve railway line going from north to the south, which offers pretty good to do defense possibilities for the ukrainians. and even if they leave behind, they will. they will build up the fence line in the in the next city, inches of yard. so a precaution said there can be no talk of big rush and offensive at the moment. of course he has, his own agenda has been criticizing the russian military command many times to raise his own profile. but i think this comment shows that even if the frontline is moving and then it's moving very slowly. well, will mean while they're the russian foreign minister. so gay laugh rovers in turkey to discuss this deal that allowed the resumption of a grain exports from a ukraine will listen to him out the press conference and then come back to you. here is a talking about russia's attitude towards any potential piece. do we go to, we are ready for negotiations into count the realities that have developed to day and taking into account the nature to mate interests and legitimate concerns of the

russian federation, primarily in terms of our security as opposed to j. gosh, how open is russia to piece talks? i've seen glove losses, just paying lip service to the idea. and he actually later went on to talk about how the russian interest and russian concerns are being neglected by the west. and this is really how, how russia has, how the kremlin has been presenting itself in this conflict. it says it's interested, it's interested in peace, but, and assigns the blame to the west. in fact, yesterday speaker of the russian president, dmitri bischoff said that russia does not see the room for political settlement at this point, that it says no other way than, than to continue with this so called special military operation. and i think this is in connection with another comment from lover of today. he said that any piece

dog would need would require talk about the a new world order. and this is something russian officials have been, have been talking about for 4 years already. this multi polar piece world with regional spheres of influence. and of course, we've heard many times from the criminal that it sees ukraine as its own sphere of influence. so i think the plan in the kremlin is still to subjugate ukraine. and at this point the, the plan is still to do it on military basis. nice village, i gosh, i got shut off ski. moscow correspondence the christians around the world observing holy week building up to easter sunday celebrations. oh, francis has attended a good friday service and he does. basilica in rome is missing the outdoor easter procession for the 1st time being treated in hospital for bronchitis or on the

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the threat from north korea. from somebody drilled talks, how south korea japan and the united states are joining forces to face a common enemy. ah, by british manager, welcome to deed up the news asia. glad you could join us. we didn't get it right. that's how a u. s. government review has summed up the deadly and chaotic us withdrawal from afghanistan in 20. 21. joe biden's administration is blaming the previous trump white house for striking a deal. i'm about to pull out, but leaving no plan of how to actually do so. while trump has hit back calling the current bite, how's morons? a top security u. s. official admitted there were huge failures in intelligence of the end of america. longest war. and clearly we didn't get things right here without scanning

and how fast the taliban were moving across the country. i don't think we fully anticipated the degree to which they were constructing these deals in the hinterlands that kind of felt like dominoes. we didn't anticipate how fast the afghan national security forces were going to fold. we're not going to fight for the country, particularly after we had, as i said, dedicated 20 years trained and equipped them. i don't think we are fully appreciated. the degree of corruption that was in the office or ranks in the military. i could go on and on and on. and here's a recap of the term of going to sunday, august 2021. as us forces withdrew up to 20 years in the country. the thought been rapidly seized control sweeping aside western trained on forces. american and nato troops were forced into a hurried and desperate final evacuation with the taliban in charge off of the afghan government collapse. huge crowds attempted to flee from cobble airport. the us and the nation scrambled to evacuate some 120000 people. in a matter of days,

i made the desperation, as we said on the tech at the airport, killed $170.00 guns and over the dozen us soldiers. critics accused the u. s. government of ignoring warning signs of taliban take what was imminent and say more of the guns vulnerable to retribution from the taliban should have been evacuated sooner since of a droll volleyball has moved too large to remove women from public life. the economy has collapsed and an entire population has been pushed into poverty. a fact highlighted more than ever during the fasting month of ramadan, ramadan and afghanistan shove, he colon, his family perform morning prayer, shortly before sunrise. this year's month of fasting is especially difficult for him. his wife and their 2 sons, all they can afford is tea and stale bread. their situation has worsened since the taliban rose to power michigan was a little before the tale bomb. my business was flourishing through them. if i don't,

i earn $700.00 to $800.00 each day. now it's rarely more than a $120.00 and there are no other jobs. then i can only fall to buy stale bread with that kind of money. he own over my brother doesn't have a job at all, which is why i support him shall amended and give him some of the bradley. but it's nothing else i can do, but keep working as a shame shina. ah, he looks for customers on the streets of cowboy for more than 20 years. he was able to live for ms. earnings. the conditions have worse and over the last year and a half, as most people here can no longer afford to have their shoes. polished. one of his only customers to day is mohammed, even if the 28 year old doesn't have much money himself, he does occasionally splurge. deborah weldon, that i saw that we've got a lot of problems in this country. people here live in difficult circumstances.

economic situation is very tense. oh, most people are poor and urgently need help. viola, unfortunately, i can't support them because their living conditions are really bad. a little up had up. sophie color charge is 10. afghani is a pair. the equivalent of about $0.10 a little more salad. i've earned 100 of donnie since this morning. we're getting much, there's no of the work to be hardcore a but got his compassionate and he will help her soulmate. i want one day just because i wanna get him over there, made a little things didn't go so well today. just 10 customers means that it will be just stale bread for dinner again. as chef he collapsed spends his entire days wages on rent. he pays $3000.00 afghani a month for his tiny house. h gas coma. nobody has helped us so far home on the very few people get support. we haven't received a thing, i can still chef he. cala hopes that one day he will find

a job that will let him provide a better life for his family. the south korea, japan, the united states have called for a crackdown on north korea sources of funding for nuclear weapons program on voice from the 3 nations met. and so on friday, calling for international support to enforce the ban on north korea, sending workers abroad and to cope the country, cyber hacking around the world, limited since from a north, korean workers and money stolen through cyber crime have been linked to funding for young gangs nuclear weapons program, north korea, publication escalating, as have been seen into ice, t, v enroll into this year and its rhetoric regarding nuclear weapons. we strongly condemn the actions by north korea. add a port, a great threat to the peace and security of the region and beyond. under such

circumstances, our 3 countries have chagrin. this country deepened our coordination. for example, this week i was free. country conductive tied up until somebody picks up sites in the east china sea. and this is what he's talking about. joint mc somebody drew conducted by the navy's of japan, south korea and the united states. at the start of this week, the 2 day drills were the 2nd time in 6 months. the navy's of the 3 countries were conducting such an exercise. and it was also the 1st time in 7 years that the 3 countries conducted joined search and rescue training. as part of these drills, or i looked at more context on this from the, the news william young from our eastern shapiro in type a. william, i'd like to start with these joint naval drills we saw earlier in the week beyond what the navy's were actually training for. what does the training this joint training actually represent?

i think the joint turning reflect the collective concern and a growing concerned, amman, south korea, japan and the united states about north korea's a growing frequency of their missile and weapons tests. and at the same time, the very, very clear there it has been an improvement in the technology. the north korea was able to develop over the last few years, especially for under water weapons. because these missiles that will, can be attached and launched by submarines are a lot harder for these 3 countries to detect. and so they require a lot more better coordination and also preparation. amanda, 3 navies in these 3 countries to be able to deal with the growing uncertainty of this growing at vans technology down north korea has apparently been able to develop over the last few years. john young has always railed against these types of exercises. is there any reason to believe it won't be provoked even further with

these 3 countries exercising together? i think if we look at their trajectory and the track record from north korea, especially the way that they respond to any kind of joint military exercises and drills between the us and its allies in the region. especially with north south korea. it's very clear that these kind of exercises are only likely to end bowden and also forced north korea to further toughen up their stance and also showcase their capability. so we, i think should only expect that this is only going to lead to another round of the missiles test. and also even the revelation of north korea's other mid military capabilities that have yet to be known by the outside world. in a way, is it an acknowledgment then that dialogue is not going to work with north korea and therefore enhanced security and military cooperation?

is perhaps the only way i think this seems to be the direction, the south korea, japan and the united states. the united states are going into especially under the new south korean per president. he has been taking a much tougher line and stands against north korea attempts to try to intimidate south korea in japan. and also of course, the united states with the missile test and also weapons launches, because he believes that the only way to deter north korea from further developing its nuclear weapons. and also just testing its weapons is by coordinating and strengthening the cooperation and security alliance between south korea in its key allies. and in this case, it's obviously the united states and japan. it is also or ought to see japan and south korea working together at the security level so closely given their past historical differences. william. yes indeed, you know, for the last few decades,

especially even under the former south korean president of new j in the bilateral relations between soul in tokyo have in fact, even dipped to the lowest point in decades. but i think since the new president came to power, he has really identify and clarify, i think, highlight the threats coming from both piano and also the potential growing threat from bay jane in reality, to south korea security and highlight the importance of mending the relationship with tokyo and then forming a much closer security and also strategic ties with japan because this, you know, they are facing the same threats coming from north korea and china. and at the same time, it's becoming more and more important for them to have a working and even friendly relationship. so that the coordination and i think sharing resources intelligence will become much easier. and this is definitely in the interest of not only south korea and japan,

but also in the united states. because after all, we know that these are the 2 biggest allies for a washington in this part of the world. and the u. s. has struggle to try to bring these 2 countries together for many, many years. but now these 2 countries are proactively taking the efforts to try to mend the relationship on their own. and definitely washington is very glad to see this. and so they are putting in a lot of efforts to try to coordinate and also build a stronger lions between the 3 countries or we have about 30 seconds left. william, how do you see this alliance moving forward? i think under the current government, both in japan and saw it is only going into the direction of further strengthening ties because of the way that they've been dealing with threats, especially security challenges in the region. and they both highlight the importance of maintaining open and free in the pacific region. so i think this is the direction and the, i think way that we are going to see as they move forward. william young all was

a pleasure talking to thanks so much for bringing us this context william young in type a thanks so much. thank you. and that does it for this week, or there is more from the region on our website, the w dot com, forward slash asia as ever you can pull us on facebook and twitter back again at the same time. on monday we'll see you then. if i i just know that like, i'm dis sinful. great. that's something that i'd like and bins and meet, gone a mila mccrendon, m dancer, fashion designer, and photographer. the multi talented artist is seeking up the are seen in cape town . for him,

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