or its of civilians were seeking shelter in a hospital and gaza city, hoping to find safety despite is really orders to evacuate towards the south. but the safety is elusive. and the enclave these days scores are dead. after a rocket hit the complex with her mas blaming israel for the devastating strike, and israel flaming the palestinian islamic jihad, a group designated as a terrorist organization by the us, you and others, the world health organization, warren's, the gaza, is barreling towards catastrophe. now it's against that backdrop and the fear that the conflict might spread that international allies of both sides are frantically working to de escalate. today german chancellor off shots travel to the middle east to show germany solidarity with israel in the wake of homos attack. and discuss ways to ease the burden on gauze and civilians. on nicole fairly, in berlin, and this is the day i or the

be appreciated. the fact that you came here to stand with us in this battle for the future of civilization. the security of israel is chapman is the reason of states come us are the new not to my government, just doing only counting vents, his conflicts from escalate to the world as do stand united behind this rule to defeats come us time to know up to the sure, think it's a good idea to intervene in this conflict. but this is not only our battle. it is our common battle. also on the day, an impassioned playing by 8 groups do not forget about afghanistan. after a series of devastating earthquakes create a crisis within a crisis,

a total of $93600000.00 is required to rapidly deliver the nice saving. craig response to maintaining actors in the race against time to meet the needs of the affected communities before the onset of winter. welcome to the day. it is the biggest crisis the middle east has seen in years, and the prospect of getting out of hand is creating concern around the globe. so diplomatic efforts are running high with world leaders and their representatives during the region and then attempt to avoid the still available today. german chancellor or life shots travel to tell a beef after his talks with is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he was forced to take cover when air rates are and sounded while he was boarding his plane to travel onwards to egypt. beyond a show of support for israel schultz hope's his visit, we'll help find

a solution for the catastrophic humanitarian situation and besieged casa, lending into love, eve durham, until the level of charles called it a visit to friends in difficult times. during talks with is rarely prime minister benyamin, antonia who he express condolences to israel, but also concern over a broadening of the conflict is this may addition to she said it's important for me to say this today should be in this difficult time. in all clarity, tortuga sheets, germany's history. what was the historical responsibility originating from the holocaust? what makes it all duty to protect the existence and security of israel. so i just wish to never give them to my government, just doing everything in its power to ensure that this conflict does not escalate. it is essential to prevent a conflagration in the region the, the germantown slo pledge that his government will keep them in so many tearing commitments in regard to the civilian population. behind closed doors,

olaf charles also met the relatives of german hostages health by come us in gaza. they staged a protest in front of the german embassy. they are demanding answers. the phone with whom give you the information that we have. and i don't even want to say it out loud, but some of them are probably already dead when we don't know that officially, and that's certainly a problem. and does, especially in popular all we want right now is the power below beck. and before, before everything to know their situation because we know nothing we are in the, in the air. so we want to know their situation that they're being taken care of to his visit to israel shows will continue to was egypt. tough talks with president up the fight, the hot c c, a head of the expected to peace, somebody in cairo this week, and now can tar has positioned itself as

a possible mediator between homos and israel. the law has had times with him, austin's, it's early days, a relationship that could allow it to exert influence over what the u, the u. s. and some are in states label a terrorist group. but it also brings into question how appropriate guitar is as a mediator for piece talk. i know it's a friend to the west, end to this one, enemy casa wilkes, the tide for our phone. foreign policy, doug has communication channels with hamas have made it a major international player and an important us and a u. l. i a small state with a long history of mediation as impost flareups during this time immediately took on the role of negotiate uh, holding talks for the release of hostages holding gaza. cause i caught diplomatic ties with israel in 2009, but it is experienced a balancing relations with opposing players. for example,

counting both tear on and washington as friends. doha has hosted the political headquarters of homos for more than a decade. over the weekends, the political leader of the militant islam is group is male hon. the met with the ron's foreign minister in door ha. casa is also widely regarded as a major financial back of a mouse through its funding of civil services in gaza. it says the financial support is full, humanitarian and political efforts to maintain stability and support cause and families. doha has tried to use monetary incentives to find diplomatic solutions in pos complex. guitar elated, say the priority now is to de escalate, protect civilians, and to prevent any spillover that could trigger a regional wall. as relatives and friends, as people could not find the laws of urge the german government to help secure

their release at a press conference held at the german embassy and to leave. israel says that at least 199 people are being held hostage by homos and gaza. some of them are 4 and citizens or whole dual nationality, least 8 of them are german citizen. among them 22 year old shiny luke monday. how last release, that's 1st hostage video showing 21 year old mia sherman is really french citizen, dw spoke to friends of shiny. look in front of the german embassy. we know nothing were in the, in the air. we want to know the situation that they're being taken care um having made because hope because all that i know right now is my french and it is enjoyed, very must have injured and she needs to be take care firstly and our kidnapped our beloved into to be take care of and medically to get to be to be um, to be take care and to get back here to our tools to their families. now while

efforts to free the hostages are ongoing, israel is widely expected to launch a ground defensive into gaza. john spencer is the chair of urban warfare studies with the madison policy for him, and i asked him to give us his assessment of the situation regarding a possible is really encouraged and then took awesome for sure. i mean, i think they're starting to conditions destitute. the note you operation that the idea since they've been given which is to destroy a mouth known as you capabilities the currently, it is continuing with the air campaign to strike come off military tigers. to reduce their capabilities before a ground force would go in to actually physically clear it, you can't do that through strictly bombing. so you would need ground forces to clear the urban areas of a massive military capabilities where they put them in to what extent has that weakened, how loss so far?

i mean, it's hard to your to say from a far but definitely considerably. it's taken out of my ability to see a mazda is ability to strike. we're using rocket to reduce that capability. but a mazda does have a city underneath their cities where they can protect much of their capability. but um, how effective it is being they have taken out leadership, so that'll all be significant if a ground new campaign is executed. yeah, let's talk about that city beneath the city. that system of tunnels that her mom has built up over the years that added to guys being one of the most pop, densely populated areas on the planet. what does that mean for a possible ground offensive to me the, the challenges for the i definitely would be great, almost historical. although you guys are the guys as it is not one of the dentist

places on there it is definitely a high density and uniquely probably to use. a lot of other bells i've, i've studied from us has been years not longer building tunnels, underneath the civilian population. on purpose for military military design, i mean there are tunnels and so training spaces and a lot of bottles and doors. but from us as doug, there's deeper and deeper some up to 200 plus feet under the ground that makes it considerably harder and much more destructive. if a game ground campaign is to get those notary capabilities, which most of them are underground. and affairs are, of course, of this conflict spilling over what are the chances of other actors being dragged into the war? i mean, there's always high chance, although i as a new professor strategy, i'm more is politics by other means the idea of how to have a very narrow but also larger than they've ever tried the political and military

objective, but the actions of other state actors, other non state actors like the program we're talking about before a really unknown. but i'm, this is why you keep open communications up with, especially state actors, to not do it to send signs of carrots, to uphold all the rules of international law on following the rules of law in the execution of any, any, were not the targets of lee and i'm all of that will come into play on what happens next in this war, which is to me, defined clearly as from the tear stack of october 7th to now the mission of the idea to destroy, i'm unable to get building. is israel prepared for a scenario they have probably been been gearing out for for longer. but can you ever prepare for the facts on the ground that are as you and just laid out, are very,

very complex or right now i think idea of the or the is realize very prepare for a multi from more a we all hope it doesn't go go that way, it will be severely catastrophic or regional aspects for civilian casualties. um, it would be terrible. i stopped the 1st time idea of his fault, a multiple front war to create a forefront war. and there had been plenty of allies to say that they would stay with israel in the protection of its citizens and of his nation. but nobody wants that to happen. i think exactly, every political common i've heard is said, don't go that way. exactly. and diplomatic efforts are running high right now to avoid precisely that that was john spencer's and the madison policy for him. thank you so much. thank you. to wester enough? got us don't know where a series of earthquakes and after shocks have left thousands of people homeless.

the quakes of been centered around hair proper. and so you can see it there on the map. the lenses, the quakes have killed nearly 1400 people and says over 60000, others have been directly affected. whole villages have been completely flattened and families bird. beneath the rubble, any survivors have fled the area or, or having to sleep out in the open. the un says some $93000000.00 is needed to immediately help those impacted. it's humanitarian coordinator for a found this time gave this recent update. the most needs at this stage is really shelter because it's already cold at night. people stay in the boat and as i mentioned, they are for even if they have all of this that on completely destroyed. they will not go into these houses. but the, because they have the form of the shots, they want to take a closer look now at the situation in the hair of province and bring in our shut my leave. he's the i've got a son director and save the children and joins us tonight from kabul. mr. malik,

welcome to the w for earthquakes in a single week. at least 1300 people are dead. many more left homeless. how are people in her on coping? thank you very much. so as, as you'd like to, you mentioned data like at least the quick since 7th of october. it's about $600.00 scale, which has shaken the organs of you don't have to do the western part of a one is done um like more than $1500.00 people have died. more than 7000 of homes have been completely destroyed or damaged. even people don't list, they are full. so sleep open though, for me when those the don't to go back on that if i took over the dining back to their homes because of the field of other shops that wants to take the other stuff, eating concert reports of shocks as well. the latest assessments identified

approximately a 140 thoughtful being 1000 people will deduct in support to put their life together. almost half of them. it just approximately for the person that you're doing. this also includes around 17000 people with disability and 1300 families to and tens of when we speak of the children's dilemma. vd that if i, because a doctor shots continuing to be funded across the region, many have lost any everything. then they are in desperate need of emergency shelter forward what the other, the central services including medical care. they also need a i'll give mental health support to come on. i will come to psychological impact of this is a sofa. um yeah, that's the creation. they're dealing with are you able to provide any of that at this point, given the circumstances? yes. do we have the you just started going in and doing that, but those are responding to the sizes on ground. we are trying to provide essential

services. but most of the doing partners and other agencies and really good news, he's looking on the ground to provide essentially might be good. okay. i show the support um and as i at least be able to tell them is it can be far from having with other other be i don't know which ones we have supporting families. we things like that families on big guy support why essential services they need to be stabilized together like full chilton materials and building and bodies. and another essentially, and also focusing on legal, whitening was the coordinating with other partners to look at further assistance the most and better data goes in and hit out. the and also looking at providing psychosocial support was effected to buy something up spaces and targeted locations . we had our partners open it, do they have services? in addition to that, we're also looking at the possibility of operating tracking for these bases and,

and other services. and that is all the discussion going on about the winter. isaacson this past winter was sitting in quite fast, but the break to is is going down with extreme lynch and i was looking at the weather forecast because before i started talking to you and in the next couple of days the, the template, can we go down around 8 at night and people living with the business. i'm just leaving open door open just in case you talked about coordinating with other organizations. i do want to know how the telephone are cooperating with 8 organizations such as yours to so so fill out of um on the ground and we have the pools which we need to deliver our services. and um, do you have not faced any significant challenges on the ground? um and it's, it's like from that perspective it does look different now. that's what i can see.

it is a crisis on top of an ongoing humanitarian crisis. what is the overall situation of children in afghanistan at the moment, especially of course, the situation of girls. and so uh, as you'd like to be mentioned, this is a crisis, and bubble sizes of the sun was already facing us. a gentleman who didn't make situation with around 30 me the enough the fund population did was as independent and assistance of that. approximately 15500000 required of us. they made a gate and assistance on food and half of the population level. these approximately half or close to half of this is june and goals will have uh, because, and a lot of times we also do appreciate the fact that the one is done is coming out before the use of conflict. and on top of that, you have the drought in various parts of the country we have now this week we have

other natural disasters. we have the economy which is not covering because of the because of the political situation. but also looking at the fact that the, the funding coming to one is on, is also reduced when they being cut down by various doing this is quite, voiding comes advised only to be approximately 34 percent of the community and as fast as possible. and we'll go together by you and, and buttons was actually is back to be funded at the moment as we speak. yeah. in the last of funding to be able to cater to the people in the do you get the sense that with everything world of kind of son is being forgotten? so definitely we, we are quite concerned about the fact that not only because of the crisis, but otherwise of when it's done, it has been ignored. and this is absolutely the only time to isolate the one is

done and leave a one people in this situation. um yes, uh what's happening in middle east euclid and glasses hold onto the housing. but on the world of funding coming to a lot of fun. but m like in addition to that for you, otherwise seen lack of invest. uh or what kind of like in the direction of invest in the one is done when it comes to funding from bonus. as are suddenly, you've got to stand director and say the children. thank you so much for your time tonight. thank you. russia and china are united, but what they themselves have branded a limitless friendship. now the country's leaders waterman food night and staging, paying are meeting for talks in beijing seeking to deep and friendship even further . the 2 will be meeting on the sidelines of the belgian road for him. she's global

infrastructure initiative, but really it's a visit designed to showcase to the world. they are shared vision for a new international order. comes as geo political fault lines hardened after russia's invasion of ukraine. and now the last her attack on israel, beijing rejects western criticism of its partnership with moscow, saying if can cooperate with any country, it was about the french of we can now speak to attend sola. he's a research analyst at the alliance for securing democracy. his research focuses on china is growing political and economic assertiveness. good. you have you on the day now, where does the russian chinese friendship currently stand? what does each side one from the other and what are they getting? thank you very much for having me on your show. so both countries have a very clear shared interest in pushing back against the democratic block led by the united states. russia is struggling militarily in ukraine. china is going

through an economic downturn of its own. so in a way it kind of makes sense that they would look to regroup and shore up there, makes sense alliance. now, i think what russia, once from china is quite clear. it once continued, that, that was the email it 3 support that has received with china. sending it to, you know, uh spare parts for vehicles and those sort of things and its, uh, oregon, c crane. the ones continued economic supports with china buying a russian commodities and it was continued diplomatic and media supports. so it breaks the isolation of western sanctions. that sounds really good. any less, i know a lot more then then china needs to rush. i doesn't. and so i that would be the initial impression. but in fact, i think china is the ones things from russia and china needs to go on and support them. as soon as i mentioned that there was a bit of an economic downturn going on there and rushes commodities will definitely help. but china also lacks this kind of 0 quality of prestige that russia

has, for instance. and a lot of the crews that have happened in africa in recent years, expression flags that the demonstrators are flying, despite the fact that it's china that has been pouring billions into the confidence . so when china tries to develop these big infrastructure projects and to redraw global institutions, it needs brush up by its side to shore up. support for this new rules based ordered sprayed to establish a recent report from your organization. found that russia and china begun parenting each other's talking points when it comes to the war and ukraine, specifically, even though beijing is officially neutral and accomplished what is behind the strategy. so what we have described is that china has what we call of progress and neutrality, which is officially the diplomats will say that they respect both sides, a legitimate security interest that they're not taking sides. but in practice,

they will interview russian officials much more often than ukrainian ones. they will always try to minimize the violence of the war that is happening by coordinate, by pulling at a, an intervention or a special operation. and again, this is part of this general strategy of countering western messaging in western narratives globally. and in particular, in africa, again, we're trying to stake media are very presence. i think it's very useful for russia to have chinese take media relay in russian token coins. yeah, and we don't have much time, but this of course, always happens with, with, with china and taiwan tensions brewing in the background. could this narrative also possibly be the paving away when, when it comes to that possible complex? so for now, um there is evidence that pressure would probably support any movement of china

towards time one. it's just that given how hard russia is struggling in your brain, it's hard to see china starting something over time. one right now, no matter how deep the friendship between both countries and as a 10, still our research analyst at the alliance for securing democracy. thank you so much for those insights and for your time. of course, that is our time, but make sure to stay informed, stay engaged and stay in touch so you can follow our team on the x to find is there actually the we use that myself, that nicole underscore clinic. if it's the latest headlines you're looking for, there is of course, always our website dw, dot com for now though from the entire team here on the day. thank you so much for spending parts of your day, the

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