[000:00:00;00] the, this is the, the news coming to live from berlin. heavy funding between is real and palestinian militants in the gaza strip. israel says it's launched fresh air strikes on military targets in ga, so killing a senior islamic show hug. command. hundreds of rockets are fired from gauze into israel. also coming up,

pakistan sends the army to the capital is landlord following deadly clashes between supporters of posted prime minister and run con and the countries and security services. the china state owned shipping from costco gifts, the green light to purchase a steak in a container terminal, and germany's biggest port temper the hello m terry martin. good to have you with us. we begin with the fiercest putting in months between israel and palestinian militants in guys of israel says it has killed the head of this language hodge rocket fours in an early morning air rate. these really military already killed 3 high ranking members of the militant group in strikes on tuesday. so far at least 20 pod palestinians including civilians have

died in these rarely bombardment militants and the gaza strip of part hundreds of rockets into israel since tuesdays airstrikes. more rockets launching from the gaza strip. to be shots from the sky by its rails. and just then system according to these rating military mold in 450 rockets were fired from gaza on wednesday by the palestinian and militant group is. lemme you had the group designated the terrorist organization by israel, the you and others lawyers. the salvo off the 3 of its senior commanders were killed and his rating strikes on tuesday. many rockets were intercepted or fell short, but others calls damaging is really cities like here and ask alone,

although no injuries odessa well reported. they also send people running for the safety of shelters as far away as televi most. it's scary. it's one of the 1st times i've heard a siren instead of israel has responded to the rocket barrage with more strikes, targeting is lemming to had leaders in the gaza strip. one strike killed the head of the groups rocket program. a. we are still in the middle of a campaign. at this very moment, our forces are fierce, the attacking the guns are stripping and exacting a heavy price from the terrorist organizations that levine, the fear of the academy of going out to the wall is lemay to had fights is and to mom does have been killed the several civilians, including young children,

have also died. and so the un is called the old science to stop the fighting and exercise restraint. the latest splashes have left some gauze and feeling helpless. while that pulls them away, if you knew we no longer know where to go when it was to escape the bombardment also. but despite hopes for an objection break good ceasefire, both sides continued to exchange by a late into the night. you are watching the w news earlier i spoke with our correspond to rebecca richard. she's an escalade and that's all just north of the gaza strip in israel. and i also spoke across the border in the, in, in guys a city properly with a, with sophie to uh, with sophie fun. ton. listen to that now. well, things on the is riley side. terry works pretty quiet over night. there was

a bank about an 8 hour long in rocket fi, but things started to pick up a bit. this morning. the sirens wants the game ringing from about 8 am local time. now we have official figures. we have at least 10 more. it has has been 5 across the board. i've noticed, landed in empty areas are we intercepted by israel's and i'm system though to were reportedly had reportedly landed in a residential area is causing some on a damage. no casualties have been reported. the idea has also continued its campaign today. earlier we heard some f sixteens flying overhead and we heard some explosions and it was kind of time to the idea of said that they had attacked and add to tell me sol launcher and a multi launch post belonging to the islamic jihad. so continuing today but, but not quite to then things were yesterday at security services on the size of the security services. and the idea of said they are expecting potentially some retaliatory fi following the attack last night. and it's not me. she had militants

and 2 operatives that were killed. but so far we haven't seen anything in that direction. sophie, your in does a city is really airstrikes have killed another commander from islamic jihad. what can you tell us about the satisfied talks about a possible ceasefire. we've heard fighting, continue in the early hours of the morning israel to the had of be wanting to hide the record program and to further islamic jihad operatives. um, other than that, there have not been reported any of the casualties civilian casualties because of it's rarely a tax. they've also been shot or watkins launched from gaza. right now, the egyptian category and you and mediators are trying to negotiate a ceasefire. however, as long as you had has put forward 3 conditions for this,

these fire um 1st condition is that israel stops. he targeted killings in gaza and the west bank. second condition that is all returns the body of how the non b is riley and the posting in prison. there is that side of a hunger striking then is rally prism last week. and a 3rd, that is all a cancels the 5 march. uh that's scheduled for next week, according to it's not a sources. none of these conditions can be met from that is ready side though. so if, if rebecca stay with us while we take a closer look at the situation in the guys us or the gaza strip, one of the world's most densely populated territories. and one of the most bought over israel took control of gaza and other territories in the 19676 day war with her countries. israel ended its occupation of guys in 2005 as part of internationally broken agreements to return control the palestinians. elections

a year later brought the milton group. i'm us designated terrorist organization to power in the gaza strip. how much has refused to renounce violence and does not recognize israel's right to exist. of israel responded by cutting off direct aid and permanently impose a blockade in 2007 intended to stop weapons deliveries causes 2000000 residents are largely dependent on international aid. guys is also home to another terrorist organization islamic jihad which has sworn to destroy israel and receives funding from iran notes in groups of repeatedly launched rocket attacks from goes into israel, prompting retaliatory strikes 2 years ago. the fighting escalated into a war lasting 11 days. the violence has caused the death and destruction on both sides of the border. so if he, there are multiple militant groups in the gaza strip,

the latest findings and balls the islamic jihad. but what about how much the militant group, the rules guys, that group has been designated as a terrorist group by many countries or from us staying on the sidelines in this latest escalation. so generally speaking, as long as you had coordinates with come off, one of them knows what's going on. they are doing statements. often the instructions here, but it seems like i'm also staying outside of the fighting there, enabling allow me to hodge to offer it at all, but they're not actively involved in the siding. you function is that how mazda is not interested in a fully fledged escalation, because they know that if they get involved, fighting will get longer, it will get harder and the suffering and the damage in gaza will get hires. and they've seen it in 2021 with a big escalation with a war and gaza. what that means for the people here who already lives and very dire

conditions and come also simply also worried about losing popular support. so there's definitely also a political interest here. that's the assumption, at least that i'm not, is not interested in letting this truly escalate. rebecca, as we've already heard, there are some efforts being made at peace negotiations. there are reports of a potential c spar in the works. does that look like like who even though the yes, today we were hearing reports, egyptian media now. so if you mentioned egypt is a key player in the, in the, in the sci fi negotiations. and we heard and a digital media that i see. so i had in fact, seen a great now that obviously didn't actually on the phone and that wasn't the case because there were some conditions that weren't met that. so he mentioned that the but it's not meant to you had with the mounting. now, today we've had some conflicting reports out to be a uh,

one of the arabic networks has said that, that in fact israel was going to, i'm going to agree and that they wanted to say 5, but we since had time is riley soul says that that isn't the case, so we're getting a lot of conflicting reports back and forth. the negotiations are on the ongoing. the u. s. has also weighed in saying that by, you know, they would like to see a de escalation, spots sofa efforts have failed. and as i mentioned, she had political later is in kyra folders, negotiations, and it's really anyone's guess what will happen. of course the citizens as associate with just mentioned a voice in israel and and gaza would like to see some time to cease fire. as soon as possible, we have to wait and say, i'm afraid. rebecca richard is there an escalade just north of does or end in gaza city? sophie funded a ton. thank you very much to you, but just catch up on a few other stories making headlines around the world today. age from saudi arabia and the united air bemrose has arrived in sudan,

a plane carrying food and medical supplies arrived in port sedan is true. stocks and the saudi city of jetta stalled. fighting between 2 warring generals continues in so to the conflict has killed more than 600 and displaced thousands for us present. donald trump is made a rear live appearance on the news channel. cnn trump repeated his claims that the 2020 presidential elections were rigged. he denied knowing columnist e jean carol his parents came a day after a jury found him liable for sexual abuse against her. of the german police side, 2 people have been killed in a shooting at a mercedes benz plant in southern germany. the incident happened in the city a single thing, an invalid guttenberg state, one suspect, has been arrest china's state own shipping giant costco has

got the green light to acquire just under a quarter of a stake in a container terminal. at germany's biggest port of hamburg, the decision comes after months of argument within germany's coalition government. costco had originally solved a 35 percent stake, a prospect that caused an outcry over fears. it would give china too much influence on german and european transport infrastructure. the current arrangement does not give costco any site in management or strategic decisions. it's more i'm joined by my colleague laws hunter from our business desk. los, is this a good deal for him? burke? yes, terry definitely is a good deal. uh for a handbook the most they happy about this for 2 reasons. on the one side, as you just mentioned, the port of hambrick is not giving me too much control here. a steak off just under 25 percent. doesn't give china too much power here, but at the same time, they manage to tide china business and especially cost cause businesses,

the country's biggest shipping joined to the port and that probably for decades. and that, of course, is important, especially with to keep in mind that over the past couple of years, costco has already bought up stakes and some, although you weren't people that were your pin ports and so was very, very important for hamburg to get this deal tools so as not to news that the business being us, this is major business. china, as the biggest trading partner for germany and for the port of hamburg is a stands behind about a 3rd of that ports business. this is happening that are large in a strange geo political environment. let's put it that way, explained to us why this investment, even though it might be good for hamburg, has been so controversial. well, it's critical infrastructure, basically ports just like airports, roads, and many other things, part of critical infrastructure and you want to not give up control to somebody else. any country in the world would like to keep the critical infrastructure in

their own control. and that is especially true when you're dealing with china. china, no, of course, is a usually important partner. but the partnership with china does not come with the problems over the past couple of years. we've seen that over and over, especially when it comes to trade and investment, that there is not a level playing field. china has invested massively, not only in germany of the you countries, but reading countries around the world. but china, on the other hand, does not allow similar for the investment within their own borders. and so that has the costs. many, many problem of china has been growing. it's global influence, one not allowing us to do the same as so every decision via when it comes to that trading partnership has to be done really with caution. indeed, the german government describes china as a competitor, but also as a systemic arrival. what about similar deals? to this moving forward, lars is typically changing its policy on foreign direct investment planning to and one thing has already happened there to any deal with china taking over,

for example, jim and companies as we've seen in the last couple of years, especially in the tech sector for example, any further deals like that will be really, really investigative closely whether they will be allowed or not. and then other ties into a bigger strategy initially the you as well as jimmy talked about it, the coupling from china and all that is kind of past. and they, they rested on the, they came to agree on the words, the risking. so they will want to strengthen their relation with china because it is just such an important trade relation. uh, china, such an important market as a consumer of goods. but also of course, as a supplier, let's say raw materials and so, but at the same time, why that's strengthening china, they also want to strengthen others. so that germany as well as some of the you countries, the remainder of access to that valuable market. the china is but without necessarily having the risk, the risk of being both opposite from our business as thank you very much,

you're welcome. bye. as now to pakistan, which has deployed is military and the capital is not in a bond following days of classes between supporters of former prime minister and run con and security forces. and run con, these in custody on corruption charges his arrest and raged his supporters who took to the streets across pakistan. at least 8 people been killed in violent protests. hundreds of police officers have been injured. the police arrested thousands of protesters, an overnight rage, the demonstrators from sir sent for him down government and military installations . next, as prime minister shop shareef is called the attack on public property inactive terrorism. now let's try to unpack that story now with journalists, machine abbas street joins us now from is lama bud machine? what's the situation there today? have the protests quieted down following the arrest? it's an army deployment. well,

it's lambert in the main city. it's. there's actually an eerie silence in the main city, but at the outskirts of the city at the edge of the sea. there are caches happening in all cities in the streets between iran, han supporters and security forces, but in the city itself of islam. but there is an error each item, every time there's been police action against iran con, efforts to arrest him. sewage protests have broken out around pakistan. how do you account for him runs, cons, continued strong support. us and run high has always been a popular figure in progress on from the time he was the captain of the box un freaking team and they won the world cup to when he made a, a cancer hospital, a char to cancer hospital, he always seems to deliver on what he gets involved in or is, is a fargo. and that has translated into his political career. and not only that,

he has also really captured the imagination of the urban middle class with docusign, which was previously apolitical. so he's also a from an affluent background. so all these elements combined makes him a very, very popular person who has been able to garner a lot of support. hence, hence, that's how he gets so much support on the streets and getting concentrated. urban support is, is a threat to the, to the security establishment. these protests are happening while pakistan is also going through an economic crisis. is there more to these protests than just in run con? well, the focused on is essentially at the edge of a default. if we do not come up with a plan with the i m s a, the focused on your fee is free falling at the moment. there is very,

there's the hinds nation unemployment, and here's the big nomic growth and potentially been or is, and the military institution, it is seen as an institution, that is a stakeholder of economic and political policies that have led us to this moment. so having, for example, retired and serving military officers in positions and civilian institutions has exacerbated the perception. so to answer that question, yes, there are numerous, numerous reasons why people have come to the st. machines. thank you very much for filling us in there. that was journalist machine of us in islam about thank you. ukraine's president for loving me as a landscape has said in a tv interview that his military still needs more time to prepare for a couch or offensive against russian forces. a push back by ukrainian troops against russia's invasion has been widely expected for some weeks. for us, as laskey said, ukraine could make progress if a counter attack now,

but the cost in lives would be too great. and my hulu needs. it says, this is the national glued. the most important thing is to protect out people, not. we are expecting more of the equipment, it's arriving and pots. you can, we can go forward with what we have and be successful, that we will lose a lot of people over the whole set of chatting. i think that is unacceptable. we need to wait. we need some more time. the to card this, that of a should the teacher ukrainian army unit fighting near the eastern city of buck. mood says it has pushed russian forces back by some 2 kilometers. the claim appears to confirm an account from the head of russia's bart, the mercenary group, who said regular russian forces had fled from the battlefield. meanwhile, many civilians living in the region or now deciding to get house and get away from the danger while they still kept

the castle lived on fire and the loss of motor rockets here on the outskirts of the besieged, ukrainian city of buck flute. the fighting continues. these ukrainian soldiers employees to respond to a tax. russian troops a very close by so again, i should back right now, trying to appeal some of them. the bus moved to stay in the deadliest fighting since the will begun. both sides of last huge numbers of troops on it streets. the city itself has been devastated. a and yet 2 craniums and not prepared to give a top. we would retreat, for example. yes, we could say few lives, but then we will have to a solve back and we will, we could last

a last much more or less. so we need to stand here to the system. the fighting is getting to close. less than 30 kilometers away from by fluid newton. mila and her. to see you, leah. a packing up and preparing to leave the city of coast in team. discuss how you pay a profession. yeah, i feel bad for 3. yes. so i have to have such a long line trip through i'm a 23 years old. i know i have to leave in my hometown. research doesn't deal us. it's just semester of 2 seconds, but you barely have time to get to the shelter to me. i tried wants to go to the shelter with my mother, but it took me for 2 minutes to back things up a survey. you might just ukrainians continue to see towns and cities on the front lines,

often leaving beloved relatives and not knowing if and when they will be able to time to prepare for some football now and in a pretty dismal year for german teams in europe by a labor cruise and have been the one shining light there, the last one, just leave your club left in europe and competition. and they're looking to make their 1st continental final since 2002 by beating room. and the euro believes semi final, the 1st leg in italy is tonight. it's 21 years ago, but the events of may 2002 remain ext on the millions of by our labor crews and supporters. their teams lost the real madrid and the champions league final completed the season of scarcely believable hot break. it was their 3rd major loss in a matter of weeks have to be included with the fitness legal looked within the grass . and the den last, the german cups. i know that the crew nickname never cruising but this year they're

the only german club left with a chance of european silverware. and the coach was a bullish mood head of their semi final 1st league, a way to italy's roma of the advisor and on advising. we expect just on the test to get must be here at this beautiful stadium against a very good team to have. and if i one of approval, is there an experience side, but we're looking forward to it massively. we want and we want to use that to play a good game and it will display so that we have the opportunity to reach the final next week at home. i've seen how this will happen. but alonzo faces are familiar and formidable for his old men. so from his real madrid days was emerging, you the coach room went to the an overall conference league last season, and is on the hunt for his surgery, for a cup or you're the league after wins with port to. and manchester united. margaret west, the stucco, we have this last hood will, and despite all the problems we have, we won't go, that's a give the game easily, a way to buy it a lot. obviously we go there to put everything we have on the pitch in terms of

quality and desire. i mean, it's an uncomfortable to, to cut a key of you all we have uh will put it on the page method to think of the key you have you, i'm a form in his words, but labor cruising will be bullied by the news. the injury means room is keyed you of po depaula and you nearby, and all of them are unlikely to start the traveling funds will be hoping that their team can go one step closer to emulating their you a, a cup success of 1988. and finally, barry unwanted never cuz nickname in the champions league semi finals inter took a big stride toward the final with a to neil derby when over city rivals ac milan. a dean jekka opened the scoring after just 8 minutes. and henrik micky tarry on, doubled into his lead, just 3 minutes later as entering the lawn chair of stadium, the 2nd leg,

we'll see them meet again at sun 0 next tuesday. but this time, inter are the designated home team. as you are watching dw nose from berlin, just reminder of the top story we're following for you this. our israel says that his launch fresh air strikes on guns are killing a senior islamic jihad commander who headed up the groups rocket. 4th militants have fired hundreds of rockets from gaza into israel after is really fair strikes earlier this week on terry motion for me and all of us here at dw, thanks for watching.

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