now on youtube dw documentary, the, this is dina. we news line from berlin, humanitarian group, say a quarter of causes population star. that is more than half a 1000000 people reports by the united nations and other organizations details the growing crisis. the security council moves closer toward adopting a resolution to boost aid for the besieged territory. also coming up the check for public as a morning after a gun man opened fire in the capital, prague. people share their grief over the worst mass shooting and the country's

history. police say a student twins on a rampage at a university, leaving 14 dead for killing himself. plus finding the information war in ukraine will take you inside the special in you unit, working to counter misinformation from moscow and ukraine and around the world. the michel fairly welcome to show the risk of famine in gaza is increasing by the day the grim assessment of a new un back from forth. it says almost the entire population is facing a hunger crisis. the warning comes with the un security council expected to vote later on a draft resolution that focuses on the urgency of allowing much need of age to enter gaza solution that the us says it is ready to support. after days of delay in

new york, i would start ration now at catastrophic levels, supplies of food, water and medicine cannot come soon enough for the people of casa signs of starvation and not hard to find in gaza. here in russ the crowds, jo sophie want little food is available. the dispute is evident that a little less that this will approach on preferable level of humiliation with somebody we struggle so much just to provide lunch. life has become so expensive. we do not eat, drink or sleep properly, and nothing is available. one of the agent who lives you much more who are united nations bank reports these mold and 90 percent of people in gaza facing crisis levels of hunger critical situation. and israel's relentless bombardment. in

response to the october stevens from us, tara attacks you in agencies say golf, and it's like using just team percent of the food deliveries they would usually receive. people struggle to find water medicine and fuel. what is happening in gaza is unprecedented. both in terms of its scale, but also how quickly it is happening. you know, in the world right now there are about 130000 people who are in catastrophic levels of hunger, meaning they have stars in gaza. more than half a 1000000. that is 4 times more. that is what makes this totally unprecedented. israel did briefly allow wade through its kareem shalom crossing into a gauze of this week. but it is really it strikes that hit the palestinian side,

forced you in stuff to stop it's pick ups the you can still award this but we need to make sure that people have food. people have water, they have shelter, they have sanitation and photo, all of those things to happen. we need water crossings open. so these commodities can commit to growing despair. ration for food also means that the limited supplies that do make it into guys that are often seized upon before being handed out in the u. n. c's, it's not just access to a that is vital, but also it's safe distribution across the strip. without it, they won the risk of salmon and gaza is increasing every day of the spring and tarry. guests are rich, he's a spokesperson for the world health organization. one of the agencies involved in putting together this report are good to have you with us on dw. now this report

pains a very grim picture just how unprecedented is the speed and scale of this hunger crisis unfolding and gaza. well, what is really incredible is how fast we got into this situation that people do not have enough to easy to just really. and in a matter of awful weeks, a because the gaza is, is, is, is funder sort of a siege where we're, what gets in is, is nowhere enough of uh, of uh, of what people fucking guys are normally would, would have had so. so this is a quite the seed situation that we are getting to the situation. that's it, that the and we have just because we just hearing from our colleagues on the ground who are trying to bring medical supplies to hospitals and what they were saying that people would come to trucks thinking it's there and hoping that there is

a fluid in those trucks and then i will call these would say, what do we say some medical supplies, but everyone is desperate that even in the hospitals i will call these were saying that all patients would just ask, do you have, do you have some food for us? so, so really the how thoughts we got into this situation, a foot a foot food crisis. this was obviously a, bring me, uh, most set free youtube illnesses because the combination of mazda 3 sion as an infectious diseases being suppressed easily. so yeah, texting us as it's now ready to back a draft resolution at the u. n. to help allow the delivery of more aid into gaza in reality, is that going to make much of a difference on the ground to what we need is a ceasefire. ceasefire is the only solution because as long as people are being

bones, there will be more casualties. there will be wanted people, there will be that people wonder people who cannot guess, tradesman, because there's less and less of a hell of a health facility capacity that you guys have. just bringing medical supplies will not to make a hospitals function because the source of those need need excess, 1st of both safety to, to operate. they need also fuel food, read water, they need a, they need a specialized stuff that is no longer there. so really ceasefire 1st and then continues as an honest seem to access for oil human a terrier goods without exception. as long as the fighting continues, what options are left for guidance to stay healthy? there are very little options. can you imagine the 50000 pregnant women and gaza, more than 300000 people with chronic diseases, and increase

a spread of respiratory viruses with water boom. a viruses office cubic infections simply because there is no water because of clean water because there is no hygiene, there is no such intention. so with every day we we, we see bombardment that we see the stage continuing, a more lives that will be lost 3 weeks. the only solution is stop a. these are the suffering of people of god, a by ending hostilities as tarry guest jarvis of the w. h. o. many thanks a in the czech republic. as a morning after a gunman went on a rampage at a university in central prague. 15 people died before the attack and this people are sharing their grief lane, candles and rates outside charles university. the university has canceled all classes and events today. prime minister, petra fiala was among those paying their respects today. thursday's attack was the

check for public's worst ever mass shooting. police say the gunman, a 24 year old student killed himself when he was cornered on a rooftop. his motive is still unclear, but authority, se, there's no link to terrorism. a frantic run for cover as a shooter opens fire in the heart of prox historic center. as police hans the gun man, staff and students at the university are warranted to barricade themselves inside. others hide on a building ledge. out of desperation, panic, families tried to contact their loved ones. when news of the shooting spreads come, he gets methodist, diana for months and we found out it was happening in the philosophy department on them. so i tried to reach my daughter at going on. that's the electronic school, but she didn't answer the call that communicable a community college. so we communicated by text message out l a. b. and i asked her

to stay on the floor. i think not to go near the windows gully to come in and wait for the police. yep. yep. the bull valley and uh, 42 or 40 say they received information about a man from a nearby village heading for proc to commit suicide. police then discovered a body of another man in the village, the suspects father with the nation and shock, the prime minister addresses the check people to naples and me to load the festival . let me express my deepest condolences to the relatives and friends of all the victims again to do with the study. none of us can fully imagine the depth of grief and pain they are now experiencing near the hospital. most people took so many lives, mostly young people have been needlessly lost in here many of them injured some unfortunately very seriously. there is no justification for this horrendous act. and like many of you,

i feel deep sadness and discussed in the face of this senseless and brutal violence . police believe the shooter who was a student at the university acted alone. they say there is no link to international terrorism for extreme is groups. and a quick look at some other stories we're following for you today. 3, send the german city of hamburg habits of merch following a river serge caused by storms all time. the weather system costs strong winds and heavy rains across northern europe. rail travellers face disruptions as a storm force, the cancellation of numerous trains ahead of the christmas holidays. air travel has also been effected. a jury has cleared 3 u. s. police officers of all criminal charges in the death of an an armed black man and 2020 samuel ellis died after being restrained to face down on a sidewalk. were he pleaded for breath. a medical examiner ruled the death homicide

caused by a lack of oxygen. lawyers for the officers said drugs and heart issues were to blame. donald trump's former lawyer, rudy giuliani, has filed for bankruptcy days after being ordered to pay a $148000000.00 in the defamation lawsuit. to former election workers and the state of georgia said he made false statements about them that led to death threats or another front. and the conflict in ukraine is far from the front line. it is the information where russia has been trying to flood social media with false narratives and fake accounts and an efforts to disguise what it's doing and ukraine and elsewhere in the world. the you have set up a special unit now called the east stratcom task force to counter this information from us. go to go. we use terry schultz. scott, a look inside the operation when russia and zeta ukraine the 1st time in 2014. if

also launched attacks further afield, using words is weapons less deadly but still dangerous. brussels was the target of these missiles of miss information. it's a very coordinated, well structured, highly supported and financed activity by a state actor that aims not only to portray its own view of the world, but sometimes even to undermine, to so distrust to destabilize also the, the targets, including the member states. uh, the european union, our institutions to defend the block against this information warfare. the use external actions service created the east stratcom task force and its website, e, u vs dis, info. at 1st, some e. u officials and governments were skeptical this effort was needed. but let's go there, says moscow's continued a tax on ukraine and threats toward its neighbors convinced them. i think the pure

facts of what happened on the grounds made some of the member states understand that we have a real issue at hand. not only a far away abstract issue somewhere in, in the eastern neighborhood, but that we have a problem also inside the european union. because a lot of these attacks target have targeted in the past and are still targeting the new search or the u member states. the discussions, the discourse, and i think this has really let's to turn around in, in thinking about this. the stratcom task force has been joined by 2 others and seen its budget and staffing rise significantly. martina build, okay, that has been with the stratcom since 2018 and became its chief 2 years ago. she says things have changed a lot over this period in ways both good and bad rushes all out. war on ukraine is a huge factor driving both must goes this information in campaigns, but also belgium gave it says,

an increase in people seeking the facts from sites like you versus defend folks for last year. 2022. mm. we had almost frequently enough people visiting the website only, which is a significant growth in comparison to oregon every year before the full scale invasion. um, so this is i think quite something but to top it up of our complaint on social media web presence on different social media platforms actually gather it's almost 20000000 of the views and engagements last year with those consumers are getting when they visit the website. is a look at an exact kremlin claim. be educated, says it's been proven that this is the best way to, in a sense, vaccinate news, consumers against the false information. then they see articles and evidence illustrating the facts. let me may be working for this for help. so i actually, i like this one because i did stories on this. okay,

let's go. so here you can see the design for claim. yes, and that's quite huge. so you would have a summary. and then the response, okay, so then this is the truth that russert russian transported doesn't have migrants and you, these to these border crossings and then kept going further north as they were closed. so this is what we know happened. yes. and we all social link. so that, so you know, you don't have to take it at face value, you actually can click on the link and see, well, this particular story comes from the balance observer. when particularly tricky tactic uncovered by french investigators is called a duffel gang or operation. this informers precisely mimic a reputable news website, such as dirt spiegel or the guardian and fill it with fake news. the stratcom experts here they'll be seeing a lot more of this kind of activity with elections for both the european parliament and the us coming up next year. they're also trying to counter it in other regions

of the world, and when propagated by other regimes than rushes with the greater complexity of these challenges. let's go under explains a new term is being introduced, which goes beyond just this information. that term is called foreign information, money pollution and interference, which is called females short. it sounds very cute you know, um, but a female is actually a very serious threat in our society is not only in the european union, i think it's something that a lot of countries in the, in the world are facing. and that is the deliberate interference in your own. let's say public discourse in your own conversations and for that own strategic objectives. the field you can't, it says her team is ready and working hard to amplify its own influence, but also keeps me motivated. is the work with different communities with defense

media for example, with that and then government organizations with researchers. and this is where i think we, the, we, as you opinion, can provide value added, you know, it's going in a good direction. and so we really are part of a bigger community here, both institutionally and outside the field of the institutions. the stress for the single constant adaptation is essential, but the same technology being used for destruction can also be used for detection. and the author of this report, terry shows the standing by in brussels. terri, you've shown some ways that you use trying to count or kremlin does information. but how does the resources compare to the scale and scope of russia's efforts or nicole, you can't really compare if we're honest. and i can't imagine that most governments will devote the resources in personnel that russia does to misinforming and distant, forming audiences around the world. if we look at just the financial aspect in 2022,

russia spend almost $2000000000.00 on its propaganda efforts. now in comparison to east stratcom task force has about $12000000.00 euros per year, and that's gone up a lot to each year. their budget has, has risen as more and more people understand the importance of this, but you can't possibly compete on a money level. so as you see, as you versus this info is doing, they are really trying to just attract more people to the websites with their putting out the facts and hoping that that indeed is going to be attractive to news consumers. are there other organizations involved encountering russian just information? absolutely, i would guess that most international organizations have some units devoted to countering rushing propaganda and the effects on it and trying to work harder to get their own stories out here in brussels. nato on the other side of town has

a unit that's doing just that. and nato is probably even a more favorite target of the kremlin, that the european union. and importantly, the un nato are working together more because they've got the same tactics to deal with and, and they're trying to work on countering this for an intervention that you, that you heard about. and we're going to be seeing more of this meaningful manipulation in the us and european union elections next summer. but i also want to point out that non governmental organizations, these um, the groups of people that are working with a open source intelligence. and they also provide a very important factor encountering this information. they debunk things sometimes just as a hobby. and that's a really important addition to countering these. and these russian stories online. is there a way to know who is winning, you know, quote unquote be information or decent information more. i don't think there's any winning this information war because any time you've got this debate about facts in

the public, that's confusing people and they don't know what to believe. and that in fact, and this may surprise some people that in fact is the goal of the distant farmers. they don't even need to make people believe the stuff they're putting out, the fake stories, the fake accounts, all they need to do is make the public confused about who to believe and therefore they'll doubt their own governments and their own experts. and that is enough, in fact, for this informers to win. and so this is a, a really big concern. and again, i can't point out enough that heading into elections is something that the european union and nato and individual governments themselves are really working hard to combat in advance. to try to prevent people from ever going to the websites where they're going to consume this information. but it's a really tough fight. nicole. d. w. 's. terry schultz and brussels. thank you. is always great. speaking to in the democratic republic of the congo initial results are expected today,

following chaotic elections marked by delays and malfunctioning equipment. the presidential and legislative elections were extended by the day following a slew of logistical problems that prevented some polling stations from even opening. there was also problems of registering voters and reports of violence. the extension prompted some opposition candidates to christ by all saying the logistical hurdles could effect the credibility of the results. i. d. r. c is applicable 2nd largest country and the world's you with the forest mission, despite because it's a vast reserves of copper co bouts and golds t. r. c is a large country with a poor road mister christopher from when you is the regional director for central and west africa, the national democratic institute of washington based non profit group that promotes democracy and human rights. welcome good to have you on the bill. but you know this election was very chaotic when can we expect final results and will they be credible as well?

i think at this juncture, it's a pretty much drawer to see whether the entire process will be viewed as credible or not. because the process is still ongoing. and i would encourage the parts of the fall and being on companies that expressed an interest to go to the edition, why the process runs itself out. why the elections, why the board was counted on announced, and then we're going to post the election litigation phase wherever us act as bring to the table that the most is. and that the, the additional does give us is to make a case as to why is this deposition that preventive. so i was doing some this, i'll be able to make that judgement cause i know that everyone to the patient and i know the election permission to complete the chart less than an announcement or are resolved. yeah. now that you mentioned the election commission, it's been criticized as unable to organize proper elections. do you agree?

as well as the election commission? we have to be very honest press are right in the hunting task because we have to keep in mind, this is not just one to mention the morning of the same time. the position of nations least lives in production of the national level of whereas in the provinces and no kind of election. so it's a combination of 4 very important elections in the country that already has no just job security challenges. and so going into this, i think it was the commission that the national commission was going on. a very tough, challenging responsibility. it would be important to see why that they've lived near up to the expectations of the communities, the bar, or whether by struct driver, phone, whatever phone don't need to be on that digging. and you're calling for patients some opposition candidates of already demanded or conflict rerun of the elections. how concerned are you that the the r c might be in for

a turbulent weeks with protests and maybe even violence as well? you know, i, i wouldn't be too surprised because the number of ingredients out of it that could promote routers. but i think this is also when the test of what has gotten you guys should comes into play. because as politically you guys, yes, it's important to compete in the process, but you also have to ensure leadership by asking your support as not to respond to violence. because as we all know, bios, i've never resolved to anything. if it's anything i want as big as little as to be asking, got some sort of to document. yeah, i agree with these to document instructions of how the process and to prepare themselves to be able to make that documentation. and that, that time, that information for me, so that we can, we have all with them both my knowledge of the communities. because by that as an insecurity is a way to resolve the problem. with that,

i have the election. cohesion to finish is what, asking for a rear on whether the election commission has not been announced. the sharp resolve in my opinion, is pretty much all of christopher familiar with a national democratic institute. joining us from dc. thank you so much. thanks for having me. as you're watching digital you news, here's a reminder of our top stories today with us. after days of delays, the american ambassador to be un says the us is ready to support a security council resolution focusing on boosting humanitarian a. to gaza. a vote is expected later today tactfully say a gun man killed 13 people at a university building in the capital, prague dozens. the others were injured. the shooter killed himself. following the rapids, the government says there's no link to terrorism. don't forget and you can always get the w news on the go. just download our app from google play or from the app

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