[000:00:00;00] ah, ah ah, this d, w is law from berlin, the middle east, on high alert as violence escalate. 2 women are shot and killed in the west bank hours after israel watches air strikes against targets in garza and lebanon. also on the program. the battle for buck moved in ukraine, british intelligence, as russian forces have likely taken the city center, threatening

a key ukrainian supply route. the afghan women whose love of basketball couldn't be denied even by the taliban. he w catches up with a decorated female player, fled the country after the regime, band, women's sports, and in hopes one day to make a life or self. basketballs mecca the united states. ah, i'm nichol fairly good, happy with us. israel is bolstering it's defense, and calling up reservists after an escalation and violence in the region. the flare up follows police rates this week on jerusalem's all. ok, so mosque. the latest incident to israeli women were killed in the occupied westbank. this is riley car was near the jewish settlement of summer in the occupied wis bank when it was attacked. 2 sisters were fatally shot while the mother was wounded. the area was quickly cordoned off, and

a search for those responsible was launched. the shooting came after israel had responded to rocket attacks from garza and lebanon, with its own air strikes is rails, ion dome, ear defense system intercepted most of the missiles that was st. its way and its defeats force. seated fired rockets at militant targets in garza and southern lebanon local residence disputed the claims of books. oh lord. and i haven't been better. i mean, while we were home, we heard the sound of the air strike and we came to this area here behind me. the electrical installation was still on fire unobserved. as you can see, there are no military positions for hezbollah. ha, ha, mass o palestinians, here of them. this is a sign of israel's weakness. they are trying to vent their anger by bombarding, banana fields within the walls. and and garza properties will also damaged when

israeli myself his yeah, no unanswered at all. okay. so are in the car, i would have died money and the car can be replaced, but what to residents have to do with all of this law was to children. my 2 year old sister, my parents and siblings, have to do with all of this. oh hello. this is a residential area. that is nothing here but a home or crops, a building agriculture landa audit that i, you know, in jerusalem mid day prius that the al axa mosque pass peacefully where earlier in the week violence had erupted between israeli security forces. and people gathered inside the unrest comes at a delicate time in jerusalem with the convergence of christian jewish and muslim worshippers. macking major holidays now corresponded rebecca ritters joins us now from jerusalem. rebecca, what more do we know about the 2 women who were killed today in the west bank?

well, we know that this jewish family was travelling in a car in the jordan valley in the occupied west bank. they did come under attack on the shooting fire. the carlos control and to the 2 young girls as you heard in that report would killed the mother, is in a critical condition. at these, this family has been confirmed to be british nationals. and there are media reports addressing that they moved to israel in the early 2, thousands and their father who was traveling the different car is on harmed they were themselves settlers. they lived in a different settlement, much closer to jerusalem, but still in the occupied at west bank. and it's, you know, it's something that isn't that common. we do see the shooting tact attacks relatively often here in the west bank. but what is quite uncommon is that the targets, or at least the victims, in this case were women that isn't very common. now mass didn't come out and claim responsibility for this attack, but they did come out afterwards in

a statement praising this a in light of what's happened in the events this week at the alex mosque. yeah, we understand things are relatively calm now, but it has been an extremely tense week, hasn't relative is, is definitely the term. it's been an incredibly tense week. hair. one of the tents is tense us weights of israel, his sane. a really long time. the rocket rockets, lot from lebanon into northern israel, and the worst of the biggest spy contentions we've seen since the 2006 lebanese war went rural. so saying, of course rockets being fired from garza and then a retaliate retaliatory attacks. now as things have deescalate, had some water after much effort to day, i think there's a very little of all i the, any side really want to see this escalate into an all out war. but the relative calm, you know, we don't know how long it will last. this is a very tense. we can,

people were expecting, they say ramadan. we can, that also falls at the same time as a jewish holiday of pesa. and the question, easter, to be a tense time, but nobody really expected it to get to these levels. the weekend is certainly not over. ah, we have verbs such as hamas and, and other groups vowing to make sure that alexa maintains a palestinian place of worship. and that any attacks by what they're calling a taxed by the israeli police will be, will be met with force. and israel is very much still on high alert because of all of what you just describe. the idea is mobilizing its reserve force is what does that tell us? i think it really tells us that israel is very concerned about what's going to happen in these, these various groups that are threatening to defend the mosque, which you can say behind me, the time of the rock, the alex a mosque. ah, they are, they may be disparate, but this mosque is

a unifying force and this is something that will bring them together and they, val, to protect it. it's something that israel is clearly taking seriously, or they are worried about the threats and what may come. we know that hamas, i've really come out and told sources from us, have come out and said that they will continue if there is more violence inside the most that they will continue to attack. so israel not really wanting to take any chances. it must be said though that this the air force largely or pilots and drawing operators that has been cold out of reserve, not ground forces at this stage. so that may tell you something about what they're expecting. very volatile situation in israel. their rebecca voters in jerusalem, thank you. according to the british intelligence reports, russian forces have made significant gains in back much and eastern ukraine. the british save putin's troops have probably taken the city center along with the west bank of the buck. luca river and crane denies that,

but at midst the situation is difficult. afloat has been under siege for months, seeing some of the fiercest fighting of the war. ah, this footage purportedly shows heavy fighting nearby moved crow russian channels on the social media platform. telegram are full of similar clips, a drone footage of central, but moot british intelligence sources, say the areas now likely under russian control. ukraine's military is simply calling this situation difficult. melba was given a direction of bach north. the enemy is trying to take the city completely and is continuing its attacks, but will want them key if says that despite the tough situation, ukrainian troops are holding ground against russian units that have them out

numbered. ukraine's military says russia is making tactical advances, but paying a high price for them but the pressure is mounting. ukraine. supply lines are reportedly increasingly at risk. this footed shot on thursday shows the main road into the city. one of the key supply routes. ah, yeah. for you, how did we make it down this road? well, we made it through with god's help, lukewarm as the battle for buck moved rages. the pentagon says it is investigating a leak of classified u. s. and nato documents concerning ukrainian military readiness and losses. both ukraine and the u. s. say the documents may have been tampered with and could contain misinformation that would benefit moscow. more on behold,

but also on these links, the pentagon is investigating less brand from based oj, he's a security analyst and ceo of rasmussen, global of political consultancy, and he joins us from brussels to 9 for brace, get to see you this week is being seen as a significant breach of american intelligence. what exactly has been reveal here? well, we always have to be extremely cautious stephen, did this is a leak and it seems everything points towards talking with has been dr. with some key figures, not accurate or having been changed by whoever has an interest in making these documents. and obviously everything's going towards rochelle, which may i gain access to the document. essentially, the document is describing b. u. s. supported, it holds to train a range of ukrainian combat gates ahead of these expect that's being

offensive. so it doesn't really getting fundamental you but it does show that the russians have managed to get hold of some classified information, which they have not managed to do. want to know, so in a way it symbolically so you could call by the russians. however. busy i don't think it's fundamentally change the trajectory of the battle field, which is now still very much favor of you and it to be what he's coming to raise your connection is a bit a bit patsy there. we'll see how long we can keep it going. i do want to ask you if russia got his hands on this kind of classified information, which is very much what it looks like at this point, why would they make it public and not secretly used in their favor?

and it looks like we lost him there. that was security analysts for b o t take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world today. russia has charged wall street journal reporter, evan gresh. give it with espionage. russian authorities arrested him last month in the city of yet, catherine borg accusing him of trying to obtain classified material newspaper and denies mister curse of it was spying and demanding his immediate release. so if i furthered uncommon, harris will travel to tennessee following the expulsion of 2 black democratic lawmakers from the state legislature. the republican controlled house, remove them for taking part, and a gun control protest. a white democrats joined the same demonstration, was not fine. members of the northern ireland assembly have commemorated 25 years since the signing of the good friday peace accord years. a deal largely and the 3

decades of sectarian violence presidential biden will visit belfast next week to mark the anniversary. we're going to be thankful for climate change is one of the most pressing issues for people in germany today. a new survey by and for to fema pass germans giving their government low marks on the topic. chancellor love shows, coalition also gets its worth popularity rating since taking office spring 2023 in germany. laugh shelves and his 3 party coalition have been in power for 16 months. are they dealing with the problems that ordinary people care about? the latest in for tsd map survey shows what those issues are more than a quarter of german same climate change should be the government's number one focus . compared with january, that's a 50 percent increase in the number calling for that. people are still thinking about other international issues like the war in ukraine and migration. well, more domestic questions like the cost of living

a further down the priority list. the climate question has been at the heart of arguments within the coalition, lately, which may explain why more people are focusing on it. some in the government want to press a head with ambitious green plans, while others a worried about the cost. the poll numbers show that reflects a split in public attitudes to only 18 percent of people think germany is on track to meet its climate goals, while much larger proportion. say it's either going to quickly or not. pushing ahead as fast as it should at the end of march, the government part is a great some tweaks to their environmental plans, especially focusing on transport. some aging auto bonds will get a face lift and planning processes will be shortened to speed completion to the nation's rail system. asked if those are the right priorities. germans tend to

agree. a big majority supports boosting rail. at the same time, more than half want more fast roads to be built and a similar number oppose the use upcoming ban on new fossil fuel powered vehicles. in fact, only 36 percent of german support that move. and as spring brings warmth to germany, what these poll also shows clearly many people worried about the climate and about the government's plans. in fact, a just 27 percent support for the coalition is at its lowest level yet. today is the world health day aimed at raising awareness of health and wellbeing issues. and our next report we focus on biodiversity, animals, plants, and fun. guy offer a treasure trove of chemicals and compounds that can be used to treat a range of diseases from malaria to cancer, but an increasing number are being threatened by extinction. a c snail that is the source of the pain medication,

a 1000 times as powerful as morphine and north american tree with the power to treat breast cancer. the natural world has helped humans for millennia to treat that health problems. and it plays a central role in the discovery of new drugs. some of them have gone the full distance. but thing that's produced in nature is the drug that we use to the clinic . but in many or perhaps most cases, it's that that chemical idea that's been gained from nature has been elaborated on the altar to give it good properties as a medicine, some 70 percent of cancer medications alone. a based on nature according to you and experts. but the search for new sources of pharmaceuticals is becoming ever more difficult by a diversity is disappearing at an alarming rate. almost a 3rd of more than a 150000 species assessed as part of the i u. c. n thread list,

which attracts the state of the world by of f t. a threatened with extinction. and humans are to blame the 2 things that threatened by diversity the most moment over harvesting and land convention. and it's not just clearance of land for lost, the gray is clear land for food. and for last up to eat and clements at the ations, human driven climate change is also having an impact sign to say loss of bite of us t does not just present a problem for drug discovery. humans are almost completely dependent on the natural world, whether it's through trees that remove pollutants from the air or crops, the provide food. the by diversity is the fabric that holds life support together on our planet. and if we didn't have living wild nature, and it would be in a much harder, impossible to say from this planet,

government promised to tackle by it of us he lost by protecting 30 percent of land and oceans before to he 1st he was of the commitments become action could dictate not just the state of the planet, but also human health. ah. since the taliban took power and afghanistan and 2021, women have been banned from participating in sports while some female athletes bravely continued to practice their sport in secret. many others have fled the country to w. a spoken to one of them who were calling mariam to protect her identity. 5500 kilometers away from afghanistan in albania. maryan was a very successful basketball player. one national and international titles. honestly basketball in my life and then without practice left alone without playing

basketball, i think it i'm getting no breath. the telo understood everything in identity. everything in all accounted officially. women and okay. like me. suddenly in a moment, unfortunately with and now who can, who can say about their happened above the deans in afghanistan, mariam and 27 other female basketball players managed to escape off gone a storm in 2021. how goal was getting to the united states? her ticket out of the country was basketball our past 1st, but sport was also the reason why thousands of women hits and he raised their identities as athletes in this summer jerseys were burnt, trophies,

and documents destroyed. in order to prevent the tale blonde from finding any evidence, i am very happy that all the women some i can't say one day leave the situation. they cannot spend the time under the taller model. they cannot venture as difficult as mother. i'm finally got to immigration case number and the procedure has started. she hopes that she will begin a new life in the united states. almost 2 years after the tale bon took over. i'm happy to welcome fever as a yay! now she was the 1st woman to represent a kind of stand at the olympics in judo at the athens games in 2004. she's in touch with many african athletes and it's helping those trying to escape the country. welcome free. but as we just saw, mary got out of a kind of some,

but other female athletes remain. what is life like there for them? hello, there. things were having me, their life and their what is happening in afghanistan. and it right now is devastating if dire, because as soon as the taliban have returned and took control of of the central government, they have imposed strict sharia law on women and bad women from playing sports. they did not only bad woman as for they also imposed strict punishment for, for women athletes. war seen or caught if they are seen in any sports activities, everybody's in a dire situation and all the place i knew, and i'm in consequence and the other. oddly, they are in contact with, they're all in, in hiding and the fear for their life. and many want to put an end to that situation and leave, how can they get out of the country? they can't because without having a support group from the host country of freight,

for instance, european countries in europe, they are not able to leave because there are no embassies in afghanistan at the moment, except pakistan are russian embassy and they are not able to obtain visas. shank and visa or visa for north american countries, so they can't, they're absolutely stuck and that they remain in a very, hopeless and uncertain situation. you were an active sports woman and i've got a son at a different time. how does the situation there now compared to what you experience when i was a full time i played when i participated to them for the big games and the situation for women athletes were not grade. however, we were at least able to go outside. we were at least able to go to the gym and practice and compete either locally and internationally. so the situation has gotten worse and worse and worse as sports have become crime for women. since i participated everybody in a fear, if they're codger as seen and they,

they have burns and buried their documents, any documents or any evidence that what i then defied them as female athletes, for example, all the local athletes they would receive and i didn't see ident id id from the african national and the committee. they have burned them, either bring them or buried him. so significant changes have happening because of the taliban. restrict sherry a law, a policy. some people think i've got a sense should be banned from the olympics. what do you say about that? taliban should be banned from the i see from the olympic games because taliban are violating charter isis charter which states 5050 percent gender ratio. taliban half cracked down on human rights and women's rights and i've gone to send and they have abused human human rights. there should be opposite lutely bands and i see should maintain a direct, an independent relationship with all the female athletes in afghanistan,

either enough galveston or india for otherwise imagine the scenario and the upcoming going to be games were the 1st steam that interest, the olympic ceremony will be all group of men under the black and white taliban flag waving of the crowd and it will be all meant how the going to look like to european countries and to see prospect free bars. i yes, you read history as a kind of sounds 1st female olympian. thank you so much for your time. thank you for having me. christians around the world are observing holy week building up to easter sunday. celebration of francis has attended a good friday service at saint peter's basilica, and rome is missing the outdoor eastern procession for the 1st time. after being treated in hospital for bronchitis. around the world. christians united by a common faith or marking the holidays. according to diverse regional tradition, ah, bonham, brother, john,

i come to be baptized. oh, i baptize you in the name of the father with the name of the song and of the holy spirit. peruvian believers, mark easter with public plays, reenacting scenes from the bible. and what they consider to be an act of faith for graffiti and spain's malaga an elite unit of the country's armed forces joined the procession to guard a statue that depicts the crucifixion scene. ah thousands from all over spain came to see another statue of the virgin. mary

paraded around the main street of the city. the government had a luck. yes, i broke into tears. i can't help it if you have given me. i've been here since 5 in the afternoon waiting for them to pass. i feel it in my heart that all from my heart, malaga is very beautiful. i morning. don't go any. and in guatemala, antigua flows weighing up to 3500 kilograms, are carried by devout teas wearing cloaks. no nas tunica. and that's all from the new steam here in berlin. we leave you now with pictures of a special easter treats animals at $10.00 in southern england did not just hunt for eggs. got to dig in to them as well.

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