us we say they were about never giving up sports flies every weekend on dw the, this is dw, this coming to live from, brought it back in court. pakistan's, former prime minister and run con, is escorted by police into a hearing to decide whether he will receive bail. also coming out of trouble standing and militant spire towards jerusalem. and israel says it's resuming further air strikes on the gaza strip. current exchanges fire mark the most violent

confrontation in months between israel and palestinian militants to speak to a journalist, sent israel pen guns plus conflicting reports over who has the upper hand. and the bible for buck loads as ukraine's president says, this country needs more time to prepare for lunch, anticipated cultures sense the float on terry martin. good, heavy with his practice to its former prime minister and run con is back in court in the capital. as lam about the court was asked to make a final ruling on his bail con, arrived the court escorted by heavily armed troops and police on thursday. the country supreme court ruled that his arrest was on law for cons. party leaders have worn, they would call for further protests if he's arrested again. con, faces over a 100 legal cases, including allegations,

inciting violence and threatening police. to get more of that. now with journalists know she's a boss, she joins us from, is lam about machine dramatic developments there in pakistan, all centering on him run con, what can you tell us about his bail hearing? so the vision concerns the allegations that have non cons wife with shelby, we took 5000000 views into a trust and exchange for money through as a property taxes to offset a large a find using the proceeds of a money laundering case that he lost in the u k. the strange thing about this bill, which everyone is pointing out, is that only one party to the case of non hahn is being called to the case and run tons initial arrest led to days of violence across the country. what's expected to happen now? well you do, the media blackout information is scan, however, to me, to the information that has been a lot of destruction of public property,

of military personnel is property and people are being arrested for even trying to peacefully protest. so people are the, they continue to be arrested, they continue to be care guest just last night. in fact, one of the wrong cons parties senior member was also arrested. so things are only come on the surface. and these actions maybe ignite unrest, especially if i'm wrong cons been hearing is unsuccessful, which would lead to speculation that it is a targeted political attack. put this into context for us and the machine of how wide spread is the violence in pakistan and what's driving this on rest as well. you know, a years that we can always go to the center even areas. the military is seen as an institution. that is the stakeholder, economic and political policies that have led us to this moment. so, for example,

serving military officers and high positions and civilian institutions has exacerbated the perception of pockets on is on the verge of a default in june. if they did not strike a deal with the i m s, the focused on you will be is free, falling in solution is very high, it is high unemployment. um, so there is widespread uh, dissatisfaction. and on the other hand, you have a ron khan, who is always been a very popular iconic figure in bulk hassan from the time he was the captain of the cricket team. and they won the world cup and also creating a charity cancer hospital. so he's always, you know, seem to deliver and he has captured the imagination of the urban middle class, which has previously been quite a political. so that's why he has gotten so much support. but given all these elements of putting them together has really kind of led to this moment that we see today. machine. thank you very much. that was journalists machine us in is all

about thank you. published in in milton, so been firing more rockets towards jerusalem and israel says it's resuming further as strikes on the gaza strip. israeli police also say a palestinian rocket launched from the gaza strip. killed a 70 year old man. near telling me is the purse fatality inside is real and the latest round of funding. earlier these really military killed 2 senior islamic jihad commanders in airstrikes on gauze of 5 palestinian militant leaders have now been killed this week. along with at least 26 other palestinians, really a defensive, a militant good islamic jihad capital pittsbur. roger of rockets on thursday, fire in hundreds more towards israel. while many were intercepted, one struck this apartment block and the central is really city of life,

a lot killing a 70 year old mine when thing others and leaving residents in shock. i was at the hair dresser when the siren went on. it was a very, very long siren. and then we heard a huge boom. really loud as if it had fall. and next to us, it was so scary, up until now and still processing what had happened. these really minute tree also continued its air strikes and the densely populated guys a strip throughout the day. officials said their target was as long as g had a group designated a terrorist organization by israel, the you and others to start looking at it earlier this morning. we eliminate to the commander of the so that makes you had some missile division and guys out there. so now an hour ago we eliminated his deputy as well as i've already said. anyone who attacks us risk their life. and also anyone who replaces them from what we are in

the middle of the campaign, both offensive and defensive, involved in a box. it's not just militants who have been killed. guys, a civilian population is also paying a heavy price with young children among the dozens of palestinians injured or killed since tuesday. after a sleepless night, fellow, but she was lucky to be alive. his home turned into a mound of rubble by his really air strikes. and the 5 families used to live in this house come and fight, and there they have no shelter and no place to live. and we don't have an alternative residence and no other home we have nothing new. what can we do in this year? we're now in the street. we slept in the street all night, so i'm not to be, you know, i'm good. i know we're letting them never show elsewhere. gallons want to empty street. life has all but grown to a whole, to mid the fighting. well, i think we really need a truce. i'm

a worker. if i works, i get food to eat. and if i don't work today, i will have nothing to eat and i really hope to reach a truce. we need it. i want to, i mean, i like that. yeah, well, i had with the signs of a reprieve on friday with news. the egypt was romping up efforts to broker a much needed ceasefire. what's bringing our team on the ground dw corresponded rebecca rivers is in the is really town to escalade just north of gaza and across the border in gaza. city is journalist for sophie fund. a ton welcome to you both. start with your rebecca. what's happening only is rarely side as well after about 13 hours of relative calm terry things starting to pick up a day. as you mentioned, i'm in as colonial just outside behind me. you can actually see the guides of puerto, we've been seeing rocket fi and come on in the most of the rockets has being intercepted,

the one did make landfill, we didn't now i side just to over to my left. many rockets have been coming over and even as you reported in the late in the rockets has been fine towards the jerusalem area, an area known as bush. that's the own weather. a lot of settlements in the west bank actually one did make landfill. we've had no reports of casualties, a couple have been intercepted by the ongoing system and a new uh, antique um, as a missile defense that israel has been trialing and has successfully shut down one of the miss out towards jerusalem. now this is a significant escalation. it must be said to ruth, one hasn't been targeted since 2021 and that's fox view is not remember a quite a large escalation on the goals. israel was large escalation. so see how the things look where you are in gaza city. so i'm standing in the northern guys district, north of guys or city. we've had

a low to be calm minds. there were no records launched by the past, and that was want me to hudson here for about 12 hours. there were some is really air strikes during the 9th onto record launching pads and military sites. but then since about 11 am, we've been hearing fighting again. we could hear that could be launched from here to israel. we also hearing at the is ready slide or dance. you might be able to hear this really drone above me and the streets here, a totally empty public lives out of span. so schools are close, university are closed and also means that the dinner remains closed. and so the few people that get to use in profit, that means they can't right now for the 1st consecutive days, this includes patients who are in urgent need of medical care that they can only get is wrapped. this also means that this cannot cross the border and there are reports that the guys, a power plant is shortly running out of fuel efforts to negotiate

a ceasefire are underway in egypt. rebecca, what are israel's demands in those expire negotiations as well? jerry were actually just getting reports that israel and the local media, or i should say is rel, i'm pulling out of the say, find folks at the moment that the whole thing that was told they have come to the table with nothing to offer. and i think that's the major sticking points of islamic jihad in order for them to a grade to any se, saw, they basically want to get something out on the face in order to stop firing rockets. they then know going to do it without some kind of a gesture from is around they've seen particularly requesting that as well. stop targeted attacks on their come on as on the top militants. that's something that israel has an agreed to. and as you can say, is i'm going to head, trying to really send a message. we have had people who said, sources that say that is let me, uh gee, had a really trying to send

a message with these real codes, particularly the ones to wants to reset them. so cx, 5 talks looking a little bit dead in the water for now, but that's not to say that they weren't be picked up again. but for now they do appear to be on hold. rebecca renters in the as rarely tell her basketball and just across the border in gaza in gaza city with sophie fund a ton. thank you very much to both of you now, let's catch you up on some other stories making headlines around the world today. the expiry of pandemic era immigration rules that allowed us border agents to quickly send migrants back to mexico has led to a huge gathering of people with a border looking to cross. many more are expected to attempt across in the coming days and mid confusion, over new asylum regulations introduced by the by an administration. the back us to its former prime minister, him on con, returned the court on friday to determine if he will be released or will remain in custody on corruption charges. con was arrested on tuesday,

but the country supreme court said on thursday, that's extension was illegal. us officials say so does warring factions have signed a deal on rules to enable the delivery of humanitarian aid. the agreement signed and saudi arabia also included commitments to protect civilians, negotiations on a potential so as far are ongoing and now the ukraine and present blog of me is a landscape says key of needs more time and more weapons for its long anticipated counter offensive against russia, he believes ukraine could make progress if they launched it now, but the human cost would be too great. fighting has been deadlocked in the eastern town of buffalo over the past months. it has seen the bloody as battle of the war, verifying information coming out of the large lead, destroyed city is difficult, of course. and there are once again conflicting reports over the situation in and around. but most claims is pushed. russian forces back over recent days and account,

backed up by the bargaining mercenary group of moscow has disputed this the ukrainian ministry has released more footage showing what's the size or its troops in action. the pack moved soldiers this mountain anonymous call uninstalled, what appears to be a russian defensive position. ukraine claims it has advanced up to 2 kilometers in the area of the heads of rushes. must me walk in a group which has played a prominent role in the past with a backwards say is a full scale ukrainian counter defense if is on the way the yeah, with the joint defense the you create new non forces has begun the units that were trained them receipts are necessary weapons, equipment, tanks and everything else are already fully engaged, but did so on the, the ukraine's president for the altima. savanski says that's not the case. ukraine

still needs small time and weapons more. i don't know what the point of view of motivation or military is ready for as far as stuff can be gauge goes, we're ready for the point of view of equipment and it's not everything has arrived yet. if that's your answer. voice one maybe on ukraine continues to suffer upon roger of russian. miss island drone strikes. this is the aftermath of a striking slow here. i'm just going to use them ukraine. one woman was killed here, adding to a rapidly growing number of civilian casualties of russian aggression, putting it sometimes on brittany nowadays, attacks like days after that date to supply you crane with cruise missiles. i think the section of state ukraine has the right to be able to defend itself against. with the use of storm shot, i will allow you try to push back russian forces based within ukrainian solver entire tree. the storm shadow beside has a much longer range than other weapons provided by the west, giving the ukraine the capability to strike deep into russian held tetra treat including crime a well the u. k is not only doing it a long range,

missiles to ukraine is also shipping depleted uranium shells dw understands this how munition has now arrived in ukraine. russia claims the supply of the shells is a nuclear escalation of the conflict. material escalation complete and yet were statements to become known today that the u. k. in the words of its deputy defense minister took up not only and noticed the supply of tanks to ukraine, but also munition which depleted uranium immediately to the collective waste is starting to use weapons with the nuclear components in order. so you had to have them companion pollutants problem. these tanks come with shells made but depleted uranium. so what is to please the julia and does oppose an new t a threat is depleted?

uranium is a metal that is a by product from the process through which uranium is enriched for nuclear power, bronze and nuclear weapons is radio active, but 40 percent less than natural uranium. it's used and i mean it shouldn't because it is dense. 70 percent more dense than lit and can penetrate sick on like this. on the 10th when you fire that round and it hits a tank, so b b, b tape, the uranium and sharp is an impact. it pierces through the armor and ignites. so it doesn't just go through, it also causes an ignition. and if you're in that pain or, and i don't own infantry fighting vehicle or whatever it is, then radiation is the last thing you worry about. because your risk being basically burned to death. if you have a died on impact depleted uranium women's have been used in boys in iraq and the

cost of that they're not banned by international goals, but they are controversial. off to the war in kosovo and bosnia media report suggested a link between the use of the piece of geranium ammunition and high incidences of kansas and nato troops who had served that as well as in civilian populations. a native commission reports in 2001 states with that scientific and medical research disproved links between depleted uranium and the reports of negative health effects . but the un spooky of watchdog stays there are dangerous. the international atomic energy agency saves depleted uranium, gets into the body the same way as uranium mainly through contaminate to food water and even a to it saves, in cases of high intake. uranium is likely to become a chemical toxicology problem before it is a radiological problem. in other words, uranium will poison you before you suffer any radiation problems,

said the us department of veterans affairs sais, that depleted uranium is just as toxic for human health as natural uranium. in fact, the department has an ongoing monitoring program for veterans who's been exposed to depleted uranium. even though depleted uranium shells are considered conventional weapons, but even foods and said he would retaliate by stationing tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring belarus. floor on this we can talk to and just poke nielson. he is a military analyst at the royal danish defense college and a former naval officer. he joins us from copenhagen, thanks for being with us. so ukraine is getting munition with depleted uranium. what difference could this make in the war? well, it's a, it's a very effective anti amr ammunition. so it's combined with these very you and

modern tanks that ukraine is getting. it's also getting more modern in face types of ammunition. so it is, it helps give you a crane an advantage on the battlefield in those 2 um, or kinds of, of bites. these kinds of munitions, this depleted uranium may be effective militarily, as you said. but what about the secondary health risks? there are serious concerns about that. how dangerous do you believe depleted uranium for the soul is for the soldiers and civilians who come into contact with but it's definitely not good. um yeah, but i will say in war there are many things that are not good for the environment and that are unhealthy basically, so many things invoice and kill you. and i think as a soldier, i would probably rather have these types of ammunition and then perhaps a lower risk of being killed by the enemy said. so he's basically these trade off to make. i think it this case, there are 2 different problems that's, that we need to kind of separate. there's the whole thing about what does this do

to the environment and what kind of hazard is in there. and then the question that russia seems to be using this as a kind of somehow involving did you clear issue, which i think is, is just kind of a political stunt, because that's not really the problem with these, these kinds of munitions. an article in the harbor international review, you might have seen this found that this kind of ammunition is under researched and under regulated. would you agree with that? what i mean? i don't know it's, it's really not my specialty. um yeah, but i think it's definitely one of those things where it's possible. i mean for many, many years we used let you know what kinds of materials and then we discovered how dangerous that is to, to the human sort of biology. and we, we face that out in all kinds of areas and it might be the same with this kind of depleted uranium. but definitely, and that's what i want to stress here if this is not, and usually a weapon. so those statements from fruits and don't really make much sense. and

then there's this other issue about, is it, is it poisoned as well? it might be. what about protein and his, his invasion of ukraine, what he's doing there? what kind of arms he's using is, is rushing using the depleted uranium ammunition as well i, i, i don't know that they, they might be, i think, definitely the one thing i will say is that i don't think cruising is particularly concerned about the, the environment in in ukraine, and they're definitely doing many things that are harmful, including spreading mines and, and, and those kinds of things. so in the after effects of this war in ukraine will take maybe generations to clean up all day, all the old problems. and then then there is of course, also the dangers of the separation nuclear power plant, which essentially took the much bigger problem if something were to happen with that. and of course, there's also the concerns about the possibility of nuclear weapons being used to

putting has threatened station nuclear, tactical nuclear weapons and neighboring bella roofs. uh, there's been a lot of saber rattling around this wouldn't cations do you think all this has it. yeah. that that would be the absolute, ecological disaster if, if actually really clear weapons were to be used. i mean, it'd be, i still think the that, that the likelihood of real use of nuclear weapons ukraine is low. but on the other hand, i mean, it's always a risk when there is a war involving a nuclear power like rush and especially when the war is going really bad for that nuclear power. but i would say probably the thought the, the likelihood of that happening is still low and there's putnam, yes and military analyst at the royal danish defense college. speaking to us from copenhagen. thank you very much. and we're just hearing from local media reports that are on con,

has been granted bail in pakistan. let's bring back journal this machine, our boss and as lama, but she's been covering the story machine. what can you tell us about these by just reports to so it mankind has been grand granted bill for 2 weeks and it even if it sounds like a short time of bucks something he came in and saw from ron hans party. we'll see this as a victory of a kind rather than extra digital process, which would seem to be the case earlier run by the security establishment. there seems to be a kind of procedural justice process going on. but at the me at the moment old and mean for our team members of the not hans party as to the under rest. so it really depends on him or on times public statement. you know how he wants to be released through negotiation or, or public pressure. but the government seems weak and fishers are seen in the garden coalition. the handling of iran con, is considered extremely ham handed and confused. the most important thing to

remember is that if elections aren't carried out on may 14th, the coalition would be in violation of the supreme court orders and content of court cases may be brought against them, bringing about another crisis, but we have to see what happens. so there's still a lot of tension. can we expect this with immigrant con, having been granted by all, can we expect that to bring calm to pakistan in the immediate future? i think certainly yes, yes. i think for now there will be a, there will be some release to the tensions but, but again, if we really have to wait and see what kind of public statement and we're on han gibbs. and it really is dependent on that. but again, we just have to see how things turn out. things are changing, as you know, they're changing quite rapidly. so we have to see where the chips fall and what happens next machine. thank you very much for bringing this up to date there. that

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