of the business, dw news life member last question swirl over, who was behind wednesday's explosions in iran at least 84 people were killed in to bomb last set. a memorial event for a top general. no one has claimed responsibility also coming up, as well as leaders says that his militant groups will not be silent after the killing of mazda is deputy leader in favor of lebanese. the media suggests that he was targeted by and is rarely drowned, plus the grinding war of attrition and ukraine. the for

months there has been little change on the front line as a ukrainian counter offensive stalls against the dog in russian forces. we find out why experts are calling the situation a trans parents battlefield and cruise in japan, race against time to rescue victims of the new year's day. earthquakes, hopes are fading. however, for the dozens of people listed as missing, the sarah kelly walked into the program around supreme leader has promised a harsh response following to explosions in the country south. the death toll has now been revised to at least 80 for the blast happened near the grave of the top general cosign. so the money mourners had gathered for a ceremony marketing for years since his assassination by the united states. and

a drone strike the us has denied carrying out this attack and says it has seen no evidence of this really involvement of the aftermath of a blast that shook the city of care mont and ever on south for leasing, shrapnel and to the screaming crowd. local media captured the moment people started running as they heard the 1st explosion go off. another glass nearby followed some minutes later, thousands were attending the ceremony honoring the prominent iranian general custom solely money killed in the us, drake, in 2020. the us says it has no role in this attack, and that is real, didn't either. it's too early, at least for us to be able to say what might have caused it. but i do want to address some of the irresponsible claims that i have seen circulate and say that number one, the united states was not involved in any way. and any suggestion to the contrary

is ridiculous. and number 2, we have no reason to believe that israel was involved in its explosion. it's believed to be the deadliest attack in iran in over 40 years. there were reports of a stampede that injured several people. as the tried to run away, the un responded with calls for accountability. the secretary general strongly comes to be attacked today on a memorial ceremony and carmen city and the stomach republic over on which reportedly killed more than $100.00 people, an injured many more. the secretary general costs for those responsible to be held accountable. 3 human to iran has labeled the explosions as a terrorist attack. while iran supreme leader, i told the human a vowed to retaliate promising a harsh response a and i have joins now from brighton in the u. k by com or on my team. he is

a political scientist and a ron specialist from the university of sussex walk into the program. we've heard that a ron is blaming the us and israel for these attacks. what's your assessment of who might be behind them? and then what interesting leading the supremely does uh, companies own statement. uh there was no mention of explicit tell this right or us, although some of the senior officials in iran have, i choose, is randall being behind the attack at the moment. nobody has this claim responsibility united states as denied any involvement. he's right. has multiple official, they denied or confirmed and involvement the united states as your opposed to just it says there is no evidence of that. so that leaves the really only extremist soon. yes. explain this group such as isis, which have passed a, you know, in the past of attacked gatherings in iran. these really angle is,

is not entirely appropriate, rolled out from uranium perspective. but it seems that the are on is not interested in escalation in terms of the, the war and gaza. and might see this if, if this proves to be the same as a bait, a trying to, to kind of provoke a reaction from iran, which would in turn bring in the united states. and that's something that sharing and lead us thing to, to want to okay. does this point in time at least, but just to counter your point there and i'd like to follow up on it a ron has threatened retaliation. what form do you think that could take if it's, if it's not bent on escalation? a yes, i mean the wrong in the past, you know, these right has been attracting uranium bases in syria for years and years and has a tactful so you're in your new car side scientist on song, usually runs line is that we presented the ride to retaliate but at the time and place of our own choosing. so what, when and where he might be, we don't know,

but there was news about a number of uranium. uh, do you see come on this floor. yeah. a flying to the roots to consider would possible. i need an ice roll out who's going to deliver a speech tomorrow. so we might see something coming out of this uh, consultations, who see spokesperson wasn't in town only recently. um, you know, the situation is still very tense, an earring, and back to me to shuck monitoring. iraq was assassinated this morning by a drone attack. um, you know, united states has given ultimatum to the who sees any, i'm on. so we have to see how these different strands of developments come to intersect. but you're wrong is trying to avoid that direct confrontation with united states. but if he knew it might not be possible beyond set, some points to avoid some sort of reaction which might provoke united states. well, thank you so much for joining us to share those views. come on my team. as we mentioned, you're joining us from the university of sussex. we appreciate it. thank you. i,

to meantime, the leader of the living on base has beloved militia has promised retaliation over the killing of a top mazda official in bay route on wednesday. has beloved lanes. israel for the attack, although there has been no claim of responsibility, is real generally doesn't comment on strikes in other countries. but officials have previously said that they would target most leaders wherever they are. also is classified as a terrorist group by multiple countries. waiving the most flag, protest is in ramallah voice. the supports in tango this evening and the occupied westbank was a certain town of cell, a roommate or a high ranking. most official was killed in a striking bay roots on tuesday. and natalie got into the cause is crazy, hysterical event. you know, need the preventative is israel field and that he and is experiencing a kind of defeat. oh no, i'm in the mail. it knows full well. yeah,

there's no victory for it. yeah. i'm that they so 90 got mean and decided la, a sallow re was deputy to her mazda is lita is smell honey, a and the groups kaylee a's on with has the law in lebanon since a raise assassination in the suburbs of a root israel and has the law has continued to fire at each other across the border and almost daily occurrence since israel's war with him. aust began the lebanese political party and militant group is backed by ron and considered a terrorist organization by the us, germany and some sunni arab countries. israel has not officially claimed responsibility for the strike on a route, but less than a securities also said it was caused by an israeli drawing, has blah, has vowed to retaliate, calling it a serious assault on lab and on the fact that, well,

i did the enemy because of waging a wall and 11 and, and they then say, well, we will fight without restoring tools without leaves, without really my eyes. and without restrictions. yes, right on the nose, what i mean he's rouse main ally. the us who said it was north informed before the blasting they were said, washington is now urging restraint to tape the wall contained just want to before. we don't want to see it. why beyond israel and am awesome. again, we're going to keep working with partners in the region to prevent that from that has the law has certified refrained from escalating beyond board of skirmishes with these ro. but these to attack in the hoss of living on has raised fees of an all out war. and these railey army says it's on high alert and ready for any scenario. and for more, let's bring in date up use of us. of course, charlie, who's joining us from bay roots. so what more do we know about the details of the

funeral for the deputy who mosse later which is scheduled for today? i am on so now is that um, uh the uh, when would it be at the foot floor of uh, a lot of these on a lot already on the to office. it contains a lot on how much of i use held at 3 pm, but it will time would have stopped. and 4th of it, my my, the most kids located the south of the city and he's to the motors. i'm sure the cemetery and let us not to assume 3 ok to and shut the law. and if you would, you can put a single if you can. so the to could be there wouldn't be maybe many people, hundreds of people that are willing to take a place. and then maybe they would be, we don't know, maybe what would be a mini political message during this federal un dental. what is the mood right now

in baby with how is the situation? the situation is also the speech of the universe to cut the order of his blood as soon as the last night to begin, let's a bit to quiet said to and comes down. because he mentioned that he understood you what it gets a speech, he says many message in fact, but one over the, as i said she, it's all. and he said that he understood the very was the situation, the critical situation and living on economically and politically. so the people um and so that is, is going on here now, but they are what you think is a speech to model because he knows that he will give a speech to model on this mission must be. and he was talking about the new topics as he would continue to discuss a new topic. so to model in his speech, tell us about the lebanese government's official position and how it has responded to this attack on the human hamas deputy. so, you know, very comes on for sure that care of i'm us leaders in south of the city,

but on the same time they were many action and got action from isaac, somebody from for this and you want to the floor. margaret missed the president of felipe and on and on one side he conducted the attack other sides. he was, and he pointed them to the number of cnn's organizations and even on the other groups in various lebanese area and including the south on the suburbs of available. and he is, in fact is stating that this matter requires attention or to it's sort of collection of glasses or the national and political uh, security and also the economic situation. and even though he does, he is a boss. alca shyly reporting from baby. thank you. you're welcome. elsewhere the warren ukraine continues. precious military began to hear by

launching some of its most intense strikes on ukrainian cities since its innovation nearly 2 years ago. to your grands president followed him. here's the landscape says that his country has been hit by hundreds of missiles and recent days. russia for its part accuses keep up showing the border city of belgrade, killing at least 25 civilians. despite the intensified hostilities, observers say that there is barely any movement on the front line. our next report looks at why some say the war has reached a stalemate. these are images from the telegram channel of ukraine's 3rd assault brigade. they show a slow and brutal war between russia and ukraine, high and casualties, and slow and movement. but the, the front line and ukraine's east has hardly budged. some military analysts say the current style made because ultimately, to russia's advantage. russian forces are dug in behind. a fortress of tanks traps, mine fields and other obstacles. the red on the map marks russian

positions along the front. satellite images indicate that russian troops are reinforcing these areas. more than $8000000.00 land mines are estimated to be buried there. ukrainian army has not been able to find a way through, and they are dependent on supplies of western munitions. these have been slow and coming. ukrainian soldiers have to ration 155 millimeters shells accumulation in their defense. the name of the item you should die. lemme is the ukraine only you have it gets what it needs to 10 and a symmetrical situation into a symmetrical one. but to little to actually drive the russians to enter into negotiations with the single tickets when people recognize the problem into play. another winter of war is settling in over ukraine, like the last one. it's cities and infrastructure are under air attack. american made f sixteens are on their way, but you cranium. pilots, still need training. ukraine hopes they can challenge russian fighters in the sky.

the, on the ground, ukraine's air defense is in better shape. s a. m p t units from france, iris t from germany. patriot from the us anti aircraft tanks such as the german leopard can fend off drone attacks. both sides are making extensive use of these on crude aerial vehicles. limited, and if you see now, but each side knows what the other is doing because of the use, especially of many of the strains as we have, what many have referred to as the future. so called transpired in battlefield. that's is what happens on the battlefield. each site immediately has an idea of what's happening for ukraine to take the offensive. it will need more weapons from its western partners. otherwise, russia's numerical superiority has

a good chance of simply waiting out the stalemate. and let's bring in defense analyst mike martin. he joins us from london. so like, i want to start by asking you about that point that was just made in the report about ukraine being a so called transparent battle field. because both sides know what the other is doing. is it fair therefore, to say that drones and other high tech weapon tree are part of the reason that no progress is being made on the front line? it's absolutely, and it's not just driving this is all the aerial systems on satellites, as well as well as a capabilities to determine whether you besides using radius listening communications. all of this enables both sides to build up very good intelligence picture, which means that it makes this true isn't a rule which is a defense is much more difficult, a, a, a, sorry,

much easier than attack. all of these technologies mean that, that is doubly true and it leads to style might that was a now, according to the latest information that you have, like, where are the current major flash points on the front line if any where are the oh, so that was really interesting. absolutely. well this is what's very interesting at the moment. um, throughout the wall we seen, you know, khaki was a big battlefield then cuss on, then by moods in the east. and actually we've, we've hit the situation now. wow, and you referenced the annual reports, the russians have really dug in and falsified almost all the way along the front line. and that is meant that there is no particular area where it's easy. there are no opportunities for you trying to break through. they tried very hard in the south last year. it's a breakthrough. the south to was talk mac, but they failed to do that. and because again, this, these defenses coupled with the technology that we've just been talking about,

is there a note take you the areas of, of, of flash points as you say on the conference really is a low grinding backwards and forwards a few meters have in the in several places along the front line like can we just drill down into one of these technologies? i mean, this is something that you and i have spoken about before. so i just want to follow up with you on the use of drones. in particular, how are you seeing this, are you expecting it to shift things away from the trench fighting even more going forward towards the increased use of these unmanned aerial vehicles and the like as well. i think that there's the 2 broad types of drawings that we're seeing use one of the ones that russia is using a, predominantly from a ron. these cheap shahid drawings using the arrow tax mostly against ukrainian civilians. but there's another type of drawing both going on by a lot of cheap natural drones. you and all i could get them on the amazon on that

slide. these fits it out and changed to enable them to operate late and often by you kindly forces and they're able to give a platform for people to view what's going on in a trench or perhaps the spot of henry. but i think to your point, it's not an easy the oh, it's not drones or trenches. it's both. i'm, what we're seeing in the ukraine war is really interesting. mix sold some of the oldest technologies, digging a trench, you know ukrainian trench in 2024 is no different to a trench in front in 1914. but it's also mixed with this high technology of these drones with video cameras that are able to target audits. henry, mike, can you put all of this into the big picture for us? because i mean, ultimately it's been said by many experts that in russia is fighting a so called war of attrition. they have the advantage when it comes to the numbers . manpower, for example, if they were to win by weighting ukraine out,

how long do you think that might be? how many winters can you crane survive? in the current environment, the current condition support winning from from their partners? for example, see, well how long the crane will last does depend almost entirely on the amount of support they get from the west. so it's impossible to give you an exact answer to that because of, you know, at the moment the us is debating a new package is being tied to domestic political concerns in the us as to whether that will go through. as also a big question about whether europe will step up to fill any void from the americans. but what i can say is, last year 2023 was the ukraine had to make progress on the battlefield and they failed to do site. and now we're in 2024. it's a year with lots of elections, but most importantly, the us presidential election on it. at the moment, the polls it seems to be

a very close race between trump and joe biden. and of course of trump wins. we know what trump thinks about nato, he thinks, is pointless. and we also know what he thinks about the ukraine war and about russia. so if russia can white this out, i continue the style, but there is now until the us presidential election. and i think that the story, the train will, will be very different from what it is now and what it was last year. so many different factors that play so much yet to be seen like martin putting it all into context for us. thanks for your analysis. thank he japan has reinforced cruise working to find survivors of the devastating new year's day earthquakes. the confirmed death toll has risen to 84 with at least 79 more on accounted for rescue words are still struggling to reach some of the worst hit areas. is missing out survivors.

rescue dogs and military personnel are racing against the clock to find anyone a live under the rubble. these desperate attempts are made even more difficult by continuing after shocks destroyed roads and the remote location of the worst hit areas. in a final push depends prime minister has doubled the number of rescue workers in the area say again, but the situation in the affected area is very challenging. as we go from the perspective of saving lives, we're making all efforts to rescue men to provide live saving aid, to as many people as possible the fall, the crucial 72 hour period following the disaster elapses this evening. and as i said, my volunteers handed that free suit to the people whose homes were destroyed and the queen size and square left with our electricity or water isn't. i didn't i know

that there's no running water for the toilet and we can't wash our hands. there are babies in the evacuation center, and my biggest worry is that they'll get infected with covert or influenza. and that illness will spread using over some have returned home in the hopes of receiving use of but missing relatives. only to find their entire neighborhood raised to the ground. even on the after shock stopped and the dust settles. the reality here is that tens of thousands of people will be left homeless and resides vital services. as the region starts, the long and painful rebuilding dw corresponded james chart. china joins us now from the city of what do yamma on japan's west coast? what is the situation where you are this way here it would seem and which is on,

on the northern coast of the notes opened into this is that was the size of the area right now. we're outside the municipal hospital. here we arrive to about an hour ago, and then the hour that we've been here, we've seen an elderly mine be transported into the hole. so we understand. he was recently recovered from remains and hosp to we actually just spoke with the manager of the hospital here as well, who didn't let us film inside. but he was telling us some of the hiring details that are coming out from people that people are still being found today. that some people are being brought in without having to have a limbs amputated because they've been crushed on the buildings for so long. so really in this discussion with a manager, we've really done some really kind of troubling details about what's the survivors of, of this, of quake still facing in this part of japan. and how high are the hopes of finding more survivors at this stage as well. now

we, we pause the 72 hour marks in the craig struck and regardless of whether that's great, that's great takes place. this is the point of to which finding survivors becomes increasingly more difficult that has been made even more problematic and more troubling and more difficult because of the problems with access. i mean we, we drive up to what team uh, from the city, further in the south of, of japan today. it was a journey this month to take about an hour and a half. it took about 7 hours a week. we encountered some of the emergency response vehicles that have been drafted and from other parts of japan on the way sometimes those emergency vehicles are allowed to pass through and special lanes to get to the effects very positive. but then often we would encounter them just further up the road. so it gives you some sense just because they're aligned slides that have taken out a lot of the key ontario roads. and that's making it really difficult for anyone to, to get supplies and barrows that a supermarket thrown across the city where they were having to rush and supplies

for residence halls, which email because it's still so difficult to get anything on paper jams just briefly. japan has always prided itself for being quick, resilient. does this earthquake shake that image this yeah, i think this this as quick as brought together a confluence of really difficult fights of japan does pride itself on being a country that deals with us quite very well. but what happens here is that you have a really remote region. you have only a few ontario roads that to get to this region which have been blocked off by the quick and then another find to where you compared to previous credits. like the 2011 of craig, which devastated much of the eastern parts of japan and lots of tens of thousands of that's the difference here was that you had a very happy sense of much closer to the main mountains. um, while we are right now, it's mostly the older buildings that don't have the quite proof infrastructure. okay, that have been destroyed, but you know, it is

a difficult uh recovery. the ongoing dw is james chatter joining us from watching him in japan. thank you. as you have to date on data view news, i'm sarah kelly. and berlin, thanks for watching the

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