the, the, you're watching the news live from berlin. israel says it's at war on many fronts, defense minister you of go on, says no one who attacks israel is safe. the statement comes out for a suspect. it is rarely air strike tools. any ronnie, in general, in syria, and israel says it's shot down a hostile aerial target. that's after the ron back who t militia in yemen claims it fired a drone towards israel. israel's right wing government is under increasing pressure

to crack down on violence by its settlers who target palestinians and the occupied westbank and a trip through time and space with the james web space telescope will show you some of the most stunning images of our universe and what scientists are learning from the good crap the welcome to the program. israel's defense minister says his country is facing a war on as many as 7 fronts. you i've got on says is rarely forces are responding to many of them. a ronnie and bax malicious have stepped up attacks against israel in response to israel's efforts in gaza, to wipe out from us another organization linked to iran, and designated a terrorist organization by many countries the united states. it has also carried

out retaliatory attacks on iranian proxies. motors in baghdad. kerry the kaufman of a man killed in the us as strike. he was allegedly a member of an a run back to melisha that attacked us base and iraq on monday in during 3 serviceman. the us said it strike was a necessary and proportionate to response. iraq has condemned it as a hostile act. welcome to see what the american forces did and are doing these days as a new violation of the sovereignty of the rocky state. go in and out of the us says it's counted as a $100.00 attacks against its troops in iraq and syria since mid october. most of those were claimed by a run back to militants, to oppose us support for each row, and it's war against him off from the window. this district of

serious capital, damascus was the target of a suspected is rarely stripe. it killed a senior general with the runs revolutionary god, said arise, the most savvy was responsible for coordinating the military alliance between iran and syria. he was cute of to entering a building, allegedly used by his beloved another to run back is with mister melisha that has been flashing israel for decades. israel has neither confirmed nor denied killing the savvy, but one. it will respond to all threats against it. the same, they will come, loves the updates. we are in a multi from a more me and are coming under attack from 7 different theaters, gaza 11 on syria. we are today a show. and so maria de la rock human and iran a lovely gulf. we have already responded and taken action in 6 of these theaters.

and i say here in the most explicit way, anyone who acts against us as a potential target, there is no immunity for anyone in the house. the look, love to hop on is the similar rhetoric from iran, which has promised a strong response to the suspect. it is rarely striking as protest isn't a round quote, for revenge. it's a this cycle of teeth for type violence that many fear could send the region spiraling out of control. earlier i spoke to me at least analysts been to sheller and asked her how significant the killing of that iranian general and syria was. well apparently it has hit it read a high ranking ring in general this time, but it is not that special. we have seen many is very s race in syria before. and we have seen a list of really high ranking to ring and personal killed and syria. so it is one of the serious are to say, right,

which brings me to my next question. israel and the united states have made a number of tit for tat strikes are, would appear to be tit for tat strikes on a variety of targets. we're talking about syria, iraq, the red sea. do you view these as isolated incidents, or are they part of some kind of larger strategy? well, i think we can see a pattern here. first of all, of course, we know that ron has expanded his role in the middle east over the past decades. and it has many axes, so we see here sites under bringing proxies. and what is up is, is that it is king range and targets that are outside of ron. because that avoids the direct and escalated consultation to be around it so that it's sends messages. we will get your personal wherever we find something. so you just mentioned the key word escalation, do use view of what we're seeing as a whitening or an escalation of the fighting. how big of a risk of that do you see? so we can never be sure that there is no risk, but i think that all the messages that we have seen from the other states in the

region are not prone to escalate the situation. if your main look at his bullet, for example, which is maybe the might use power directly on, israel's porters may have practice considerable restraint. there has been skirmishes. there has been a test for sparta. however, i think receives a strategy office, bella and ron not to escalate, but yet from israel's which rhetoric we understand it sees itself and we're at 7 friends. and that of course much is because confrontations are not the lateral. so we might see an escalation here also from the and from the spanish site. and what about from the iranian side? because they, i can imagine have to say face, they are seen as the sort of powerful protector of a number of various interest across the middle east. just so much power. do they have right now when they read a 100 bucks for proxies to 10 act on their behalf? something, however, also considerably independent. his bullet, for example,

is also independent of around in many regards. so i think ron has the potential to manipulate the powers that are outside of its orders, but then can enhance the attention with israel. but i think and all consultation is not an ross interest. israel has the might to hit iran in a way that reading would hurt and the time that rang and potential and so for i don't think the run wants to risk losing all that. and the united states, they are also in a very delicate position, supporting israel, opposing a rod not interested in escalation either. what is the us role here and kind of balancing all those various pieces so to speak. so that's the us, i think guess the it just has been in the past years that just stay out of the middle east as far as possible. but now that base the of the doctor was 7 massacres is smell. i'm just spread. i st. they feel they need to engage. they don't want to engaged in gaza, obviously. and so i think they take care of targets in the region where they also

see their own interest steps site. and that is mainly moulton, syria, north east, syria, where they still have troops, as well as the rock, where they feel as certain responsibility off to the withdrawal that they should keep it comp in their own interest and business by way of seeing them engaged here . okay, bent us out of there with a view to them, at least from the high, much both foundation and berlin. thanks very much. thank you. now israel says it's shot down way. it's calling a hostile aerial target over the red sea. the as rarely defense forces released this footage, which preferred to the show is one of its fighter jets intercepting and downing a target. quite and media report has occurred some, a 100 kilometers south of israel, southern most tip earlier a run back who the rebels in yemen said they had lost several drones against military targets in southern israel. now let's get more on this latest development from semi circle who joins us now from jerusalem and samuel,

welcome back. what do you know? what's the latest on this drone attack or parent a drone attack? so this the drone, the apparently less the young man and was headed towards the israel but is ran the airplane, has succeeded in taking it down in the sign it. and it actually, people were on the beach in the resort town on the hub. they could see the home, this spectacular event of a. how is room is taking down the said drone? yeah, of course it has been seeing these, the strikes it coming in from a humans as a threat. and especially because a loss is an important the for safety. and we're all the co morris that comes from a asia from china, from the japan. it comes to a loss,

and it has been a significant decline of this. and mark time, commerce, brian, i'm glad you bring up this commerce question because they've been seeing these kinds of rocket and drone attacks on a variety of shipping. not just as rarely, but really from various countries is even involved united states military assets confronting these kinds of these kinds of attacks coming out of them. and what exactly does this mean for global commerce? so yeah, well the, who sees for in fact the dfcs to government in they have announced that they will target any ship that either is in some way owned by israel, or is ronnie's or that is headed towards and is really port of but they're to

finish it and has been quite wide and the they've been targeting various ships. and this has the cause, both for a similar companies to rewrote in their a destination. and instead of going through the red sea and the through the sway scan going all around the africa. so this could quite uh, you know, turn up, turn a lot of the ways that global shipping and, and supply chains work up speaking militarily, what kind of fit or how much of a threat does is real perceive these kinds of drones is this, is this a major threat for the country. so of course if is you would want to it could this strike given it thoroughly in the. busy the aerial view, man as a, in the sixty's, we know that is well,

was actually involved in the war in yeah, man, in the civil war budget, this guy is a very delicate the situation. when is these attacks that are waged by? yeah, they gave me, these are quite often are in the arab world. is road cannot go and put that send a gain stedman against the whole seas. and well the americans have the great thing . is it tell you the lions other countries that would come from the cc me and so i don't know. all right, journalist saw me. so can we have to leave it there for now? i'm sure it'll be many more developments. thanks for being there. israel's government is coming under increasing pressure to crack down on violence by its settlers that target palestinians in the occupied westbank. united states

has issued travel bands on extremist as rarely settlers responsible for the attacks . european governments are looking to impose similar measures. the figures from the united nations show a spike in such incidents of settler violence in the west bank since a most carried out terror attacks on israel, on october 7th. the w's at abraham has more driving through, cut out with benny hudson. it's difficult to miss, but it's a town in morning at its entrance, plastered on its buildings, bus stop, even wrote signs everywhere. you look posters of some of the hoss see with the words martyr. and before i became a martyr to people, here he was a carpenter. husband, besides a father to 6 children, a brother and a cherished son to stay and look at him. isn't it a shame that he has now been east the ground when he said was loved everywhere. his

family loved him, his friends loved him. everyone loved him. what has his boy done wrong, but he now has to grow up without a father. what has this girl done wrong, but she now has to grow up without a father. she has been by the beloved this makeshift memorial marks the spot where from its body was found. she'd been shot in the chest. it was hours after palestinians here see about 20 is really settlers. descended on colorado with benny has sun from a nearby hill. a local council of men who says he would this be attack walks me through what he saw. oh, what is the military? it was with the settlers from the start. they cleared the area so the settlers could attack as they pleased and shot at anyone who approached not a problem. just all those local. secular violence is not new in the occupied westbank. but the un says it has searched dramatically since the almost her attacks on october 7th, and nearly half of all recorded incidents. as with the attack on cut,

old benny has done is really forces were reportedly seen supporting the attackers. this town is completely surrounded by is really settlements, which are considered illegal under international law palestinians who told me they can barely sleep at night, not knowing where the next attack could come from. just look at the devastation that these attacks usually bring in response to our inquiry about the attack on cutter, what benny has done. these really military said there was a confrontation between residents and settlers. and to break it up, troops used life, fire, and other means. the incident is now under police investigation. the people who've cut out with benny has sent to me. none of this makes them feel safe. that when there's an attack there left defend for themselves, darcy was killed. he had responded to a call that came from the speakers of the local mosque to help protect the village

from the settlers. who is 2 youngest children, however, are too young to understand that sacrifice, that their beloved father is now gone for good. lemme just the head of the stuff that whenever there is a knock on the door, she says, that's dad. he's come home and brought me sweet and very frustrated with when she opens the door and he's not there. on the other one tells me grandma that's going to what i want to see. my father. hope i miss him to take me to my father. take me to having problems so i can see my father. jen name is jennifer. well, let's turn out of some other stories making headlines right now. as ukraine says, it's jets, have destroyed a large russian warship docked at a port in russian occupied crimea. russia said the ship was only damaged with one person killed. ukraine disputes moscow's claim that russian air defense shut down

the attacking ukrainian jets turkey's foreign affairs committee has okayed sweden's bid to join nato. the decision will still have to be approved in turkey's full parliament and then signed by president roger tire air to one turkey. a nato member is a last obstacle to sweden's membership. parts of northern eastern germany are dealing with flooding after days of heavy rain in eastern germany to move the river burst. it's banks. jeremy's weather service has lifted it, severe weather warnings and says conditions will improve in the coming days. us secretary state anthony blank and will head to mexico. this week to discuss the unprecedented numbers of migrant entering the united states across the mexican border. it comes as a caravan of 6000 people trying to make the long journey from the guatemalan border to texas. that is some 1700 kilometers us border police have reported

a spike and the number of attempted border crossings to around $10000.00 people per day for the thousands of people making the long trip across mexico. there was nothing particularly festive about christmas this year. this human kind of an made up his people some across the central america and the caribbean is slowly trudging northwoods under the heat of the mexican sun. some laden with their belongings. others carry small children in the photos and attired from the arduous journey. the upon we've walked a lot honestly, i don't know how many kilometers are i mean? yeah, yeah. my daughter can't walk anymore. like carrier in my arms because she needs to rush to back on. she's only 3 years old. why she's not healthy. she's lawyer. it's around $6000.00 strong,

it's the largest human kind of end to try to make the journey. and every year some left that homes to escape violence, others to get away from economic hardship. but they're all heading to the us to try to forge a better life for themselves and their families. it's a journey thought to a danger. counselor, smart goods, full tray to criminal gangs, or face extortion by police and immigration officials. several have also drowned trying to cost to be a grand a. the river separating mexico in the us. this footage, taken by other migrants shows 3 men struggling to stay afloat in the rivers mackie depths. despite the pedals, the number of people making the journey is increasing and with an election near, looming on both sides of the border that could have wide ranging political

implications in less than 2 years since launching the james web space telescope has changed the way we understand the universe for scientists, the images, it's taken off for new possibilities for astro physics. and for the rest of us, they are simply stunning to behold. so let's have a look at a few of the best ones snapped in 2023. as the james web space telescope doesn't orbit ers on like the international space station, instead it's circles the sun 21 and a half 1000000 kilometers out from our planet, and what's called the la grange to point. the instruments are sheltered by a multi layered high tech shield that screens out nearly all solar radiation. the telescopes, 25 square meters of mirror made up of hex, a go know segments are able to detect radiation, largely in the end for a red part of the spectrum. that means that the sensors can also provide

information on targets that are hidden by dustin gas at vast distances. the james web is much more sensitive and it's 30 year old predecessor, the hubble space telescope ended works differently. hubble defects primarily visible lights, which is the light, the 3 c with our own eyes, while wave of searching the infrared. so they are really complimentary. then web has, is the largest mirror in space, much larger than then hubble. and that gives you to a sensitivity 100 times better than huddled in 2023. the james web, for instance, revealed galaxies at distance as never observed before. snapshots of very early periods in the history of the universe. to recall the james space telescope, a tide machine, and in the 1st hears, it has already uncovered thousands of this very early lumina subjects and 1st galaxies in the universe. and some of the director holders are found to be

a 300000000 years after the big bank. so that's really a surprise. but researchers are also mining its images for data on things much closer to home, like this recent picture of the heart of our own milky way other a gorgeous shots taken in 2023. include this one of a spiral galaxy called n $51.00 standing and its complexity and new takes on a well known celestial phenomenon called the ring. nebula snapped in both the near info, red range, and the mid and for red. the telescope also detected a crucial carbon molecule for the 1st time in the dust of a forming planetary system around 1500 light years away. this discovery is pretty exciting because carbon molecules are the foundation of full noun life and finding the small it goes can really help us understanding how life develop on

earth, but also in other places in universe. the james web space telescope also looked with startling clarity and detail at planets in our own solar system. along with their moon's, and 2023, the telescope revealed even more the wonders and mysteries of the universe around us, and should continue to do so. for decades to come some fantastic images there, we could talk more about them with science journals and astronomer daniel fisher. daniel, thanks for joining us. tell me what your favorite results have been this year from the telescope. oh, there's so much going on in was the 1st data from the telescope, reached the public, reached the public as well as the scientific burden that people have been following on over themselves, analyzing the plot of data. and it's going to be a problem to sort of system, to the problem features. i'll see you 1st. we have, we have good stuff if i want to pick one particular this stunning that's happening

quite close by in the ohio. nebula, where a lot of free floating, splendid, so to speak, that is the old style square phone. and many of them came in pass visa jump. what was the quote, but we're one of the biggest surprises. i must say. we have to see about this so much going on. we have somebody who can use scientific papers, some of the pages long every day since the middle of last year. and this is just the beginning just be to continue for so a decrease to come. so we can already say that the web is the big discovery machine of the astronomy these days. what makes it such a big discovery machine as you say, i mean, for, for someone who's not a scientist, it's just taking images of space. how does, how do these images help us understand what we're looking at the origins of the universe? so 1st of all, the scope is very big, 6.5 inches in diameter and it looks into the products, which means that you can both look at deeper into dusty and fence things close by

and into the most this we do both, but the eviction of the expanding universe is moving everything from the visible, interesting for red light and to the seeing. there are lots of distance galaxies more than expected. this is something i don't think biggest surprise and so far. and one of the biggest subjects of discussion for many of the to me i how much is that going on? is the, on the expectations and then do we have to change possible understanding of the growth based on these days? so that's the huge discussion going on just before when and before christmas and you'll be booking. all of this suggested that they postpone before the, the things that playing a role. that but really funny what people are thinking about these days. but these are real signs based on real data. this is why this type of scope is being so important and be so important to actually understand or costly the or cost me unit or cost me to go home. okay, so the, the black holes before the big bang that, that already is probably too much for me to think about me is what the, what,

so that's one of the big questions. what are some of the other big questions that are still left to, i mean, there's a lot of course, but some of the immediate big questions left to answer. so, of course is what's going on in the universe is, what did this all begin? and then what does it mean for the future, but also the question is distribution everybody off cuz it's a live up there. but all he believes he mentioned to indicate that the bid is competing some interesting molecules in the clouds. but what's probably more important is how it is value, but she wanted to to stop me the most views of the planets or other stars. so something the you can dream about like 25 years ago. and we already have seen some test observations. some of the visions that showing the capabilities of the pedestal, so this may well happen, doesn't the next 5 to 10 years, we discover some really weird, unexpected chemistry in the field of attendance we met, which may tell us something about what's going on. i might have developed or might

be able to be maybe another was the one of the greatest discoveries all times. i say stuff, daniel fisher, science journalist going boldly where others have gone before dw, thanks very much for your insights on the telescope. thankfully, and you're watching, you know the news. here's a reminder of our top story. israel defense minister says his country is facing a war on as many as 7 friends. ronnie, back malicious, have stepped up, a tax and supportive come us gone, says israel is response and you're up to date for more to the

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