of the universe and the rest were series forwarding to the answer almost every thing this week on t w ah ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is dw news live from berlin. israel launches air strikes on multiple targets inside syria. israeli military says the targeted sides belonging to the syrian army . it comes off to rockets were fired from syria into israeli controlled territory

over nice and follows days of escalating tensions. also coming up china since ships and johnson's a fighter jets towards taiwan as part of military exercises by gene calls, the drills stern warning to the island nation, which it considers the break away province. ah, i'm jared read. welcome to the shore. israel's military says it has struck targets in southern syria in response to earlier rocket attacks. the air strikes he, the syrian military compound and radar systems in the area from where the rockets were fired, israeli army say is it holds the state of syria responsible for all acts carried out on its territory. at least 6 rockets were fired from syrian territory towards israel overnight. some landed inside the israeli occupied golden heights,

but no casualties have been reported. t w's corresponded in jerusalem, tonya claimed there gave us more details on what happened overnight. well, there were 2 garages of rockets being fined according to reports here, 6 markets in total, one late on saturday night and one barrage, early on a sunday morning launched from southern syria at the israeli occupied colon heights. 2 of them are we understand landed in open areas in israel, one or landed in a jordan. israel initially responded with artillery and also with a drone as strikes targeting the rocket launchers that's according to an army statement. they later also set the decade out. additional strikes, targeting a military compound radar systems artillery posts of the syrian army. so sir,

in state media reported plaster or near the syrian capital of damascus in their state media. there. we also understand that the home front in israel and has said that there were no injuries or damage, but residents in the occupied colon heights were asked to stay near safe, a safe zones and to stay and at home shelters were opened in the area. okay, tonya, as we know, tensions are always high in the region there, but they've really been, excuse me, they're really reason in the last couple of days. could you put this into some wider context for us? well, absolutely. i mean, that firing sir, came after days of escalating violence in east jerusalem. a mainly after israeli police raided or at least twice a very sensitive holy site or in east jerusalem. the alex are compound,

or there was a response from a militant groups in garza, rockets verified a southern israel, and then we had on thursday, or 2 rockets were fired from lebanon. and then israel retaliated. but i have to say this is a rare or a rocket strike from the syrian territory, because usually what we've been seeing here in the past years, israel is actually carrying out a lot of airstrikes on syrian territory. they are saying they want to prevent iranian entrenchment near their northern borders, so they keep on targeting in a weapon. storage is and an infrastructure in assyria, they usually do not officially or claim these attacks. but in recent weeks, are those areas have been intensifying and also have a contributed to more tensions at the northern border. and given the whole context, of course, you know, this will also of course add to the tensions already here in the region. d w's.

tanya kramer, there inter bruce latania. thank you. in other news now, bay gene has sent warships and dozens of fighter jets towards taiwan after launching 3 days of military exercises. many have crossed the median line that separates the self governing island from the mainland. badging has called the drills a stern warning to taiwan, which it considers a break away province. taiwan says the drills threaten regional stability and security wargames around taiwan. beijing claims these exercises are being held to protect china's national security. chinese gunship diplomacy is nothing new to many taiwanese agenda. i think many of us have gotten used to it by now. the feeling is like, here we go again. all just you'll go either down. i hope i can remain free to do

whatever i wish and say whatever i want to do on video is the most recent escalation comes after taiwanese president sighing when visited the united states, where she met with senior us officials, something that greatly angered beijing now a new american delegation hasn't turned visited the island democracy, and their message is clear. democracies must stand together and is the house foreign affairs committee chairman. i sign off on all foreign military sales, including weapons to taiwan. and i promise you, madam president, we will deliver those weapons on mainland china. many people support the communist party stance that taiwan is a breakaway republic. i'm a young guy, le. let's take taiwan. but with military force within that personally, i think i would join a war against taiwan or walker. and even if i were just carrying cannon shows a lot a lot. well, those who knew it was, i think the united states has always been very cunning. sometimes they won't let themselves suffer,

because i don't think the united states is really going to fight us. oh yeah, we're thousands of on me or maybe some tension of the chinese coast has been mounting for years. taiwan has become the focus of a growing struggle between beijing and washington. an escalation could have devastating consequences and a doubling. a correspondent william yang in taiwan told us how people there are seeing these lightest drills compared to a similar escalation last august. i think because of the duration of this exercise today, that's about 3 days and we haven't so far not really seeing any firing of the missiles like the last time last august. so i think people right now is not really concerned . but last august, they really see that as an eye opening experience of how much of china is willing to do in terms of intimidating and also showcasing its military might around taiwan

. and the a quasi blockade that they a staged at last august was basically a, i think, a blueprints that they will likely use again in the future whenever the time one of president is meeting very high level us officials, william young day in taiwan speaking to us a little bit earlier, let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines today. the last surviving prosecutor of the nuremberg trials that brought nazi war criminals to justice has died. been firenze helped secure numerous convictions of german officers following the end of world war 2. afterwards, he pushed for the creation of the international criminal court. for ends was 103 years old. rescue was in france are searching for survivors after an explosion triggered the collapse of a 5 story apartment building in the city of ma say, several people have been injured and the mayor has warned that more casualties are likely rescue efforts are being hampered by fires still burning deep within the

rubble police in iran say they're installing cameras in public spaces to identify and punish women for not wearing a headscarf authority say the move is to protect the countries a strict job law. a growing number of iranian women are choosing not to wear heads gums in short of defiance. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski has thanked muslim soldiers for their efforts defending the country since the russian invasion at a ramadan if dar dina outside of cave zalinski handed out medals and vowed to liberate crimea, which was annexed by russia in 2014 and is home to a muslim ethnic minority breaking fast with the president for the 1st time. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski hosted in if tara marking the muslim holy month of ramadan. his guests muslim clergy diplomats representing

muslim majority countries and muslim members of the armed forces. zelinski used the opportunity to recognize that their contribution to the war effort. it is the money jones agree, blah blah, whom diversity enshrined in respect is part of the character of independent ukraine high, the game out her act of those these meet senator in may. this character always strengthen our nation and guided to good deeds going on. yes, ukraine is grateful to the muslims of our country and the entire muslim community of the world. who like us, will strive for peace, number and resist. evil is august. levine was la muslims account for one percent of the predominantly orthodox christian nation in crimea, which was illegally annexed by russia in 2014 muslims make up 12 percent of the population. there is also

a significant muslim community in the eastern don bass region. with the conflict, spending almost a decade has displeased many of ukraine's muslims resembled a much to summer circle by sea. now we will not forget grains that it was with the occupation of our crimea world to sla, boarded that it was with the repression of ukrainians, crimea totters, and crimea, muslims, rural dot russia attempt to enslaved ukraine and other peoples of civilized europe begun narrow them, seal is elena ever open for ukrainian muslim service men and women? faith in the holy month, only add to their resolve was lo vehicle and i believe that no matter how difficult conditions are we to everything for the fake of god and my team. when i safe wanted to address it as the greatest reward for me, the koran says that when you save one life, you save thousands of lives that they get those 3 cities with you. during the event

. zalinski also awarded meadows to muslim soldiers, have been defending ukraine since the outbreak of the conflict in 2014. well, russia's invasion of ukraine has forced over 8000000 people to flee their homes and seek refuge with their european neighbors. in many cases, government support for refugees has been slower as authorities struggle to handle the influx of people, but across europe, volunteers have stepped up to fill the gap. d w. terry schultz has this story now from the austrian capital vienna. in case any one doubts that one person can make a difference. ask ukrainian refugees in vienna for whom one name has become a lifeline. tanya find tonya meyer. they say she will help you. that's the advice lillia was given by another refugee as she deposited her teenage son in vienna alone before returning to the front line in ukraine. she said that it, tanya,

you'll help for my son. this is my one, the child and the i don't oh want that a hugh was killed in this war. tanya meyer found herself in this role somewhat by accident. despite an earlier career in investment banking. for years she'd been mostly a stay at home mom then russia invaded ukraine february 24th. i woke up burst into tears cried the whole morning and then like i just started following what was happening. someone wrote me, hey tanya, if you're in vienna, like you should go help at the transition go there. they need russia. ukrainian speakers fluent in russian meyer helped ukrainians arriving in vienna. many of whom had just a few belongings and plastic bags and a little if any cash. she started buying things for people out of her own pocket. but the level of need quickly became overwhelming. the state response was super slow and completely chaotic, and they were waiting months to get any money from the austrian government. that's

where the idea was born to crowd fund grocery cards of 50 euros each. together with some volunteers, tanya myer created a website and started pleading for funds on social media. she puts every penny into the gift cards, mailing many by hand and posting photos of the food recipients. by so far about 4000 cards have been delivered. i was so grateful and i wrote her a diner. thank you so much. that was 50 or at that very time was a big amount of money. you know, when you came here and you don't have money, you don't know what is going on with us to get that money from. the ceiling says tanya meyer also helped him and housing when he and his mother were homeless. now he volunteers as her online group administrator, a lot of people need help and like danny, i can do everything by her own so i mean there is not enough resources. she's like only one person. honey myer says she'll continue helping refugees until the money starts to come in, but that's not to day. her phone is buzzing with new requests,

and new donations, and people are counting on tanya to make it to the mailbox. is a quick recap now of our top story. israel says it is heat multiple targets in syria. after rockets were fired from the area into is riley occupied territory. these rally military says it holds the state of syria responsible for all acts carried out on its territory. the attacks follows the days of escalating tensions after a short break. dock film is excellent with imagine so many portion of lunch are thrown out in the world. climate change pickering honda story, this is my plan the way from just one week how much work can really get