the, the, this is the news my from the israel flood, thomas tunnels in gaza. the army says it's removing the underground, stretched by pumping sea water into the tunnel complex, used by estimates militants also on the program. a social media bosses face a hostile drilling in the us. congress tennis has accused the head of facebook and others of not doing enough to protect children from online sexual abuse. the . i'm feel good. you're welcome to the program. israel has confirmed that its

policies have been flooding tunnels and the gaza, which it says are being used by a mouse just by pointing sea water into the tunnel network. the army says its issue in the ground water supply is not affected. experts have previously borne, the flooding could permanently damage drinking water for gas is 2300000 residents, i say, could also endanger hostages taken by how much as a carrier that the tenant attacks of october 7 might. mazda is a former british army officer and see a fellow in the department of most that is that the king's college of london, he explained highways, rails flooding operation is being carried out. it's a, it's, it's actually very simple. uh, any fire department in any town will have the fire hydrants the pumps that are able to take the c. well, it's always the garza's on the coast. so there's normal, limited supply of water. you lay a pipe out to sea with boys. you get a pump and then you stick it into the nearest entrance,

the tunnel. many of these tunnels are linked up. so if you fill out one segment, it will the flow and spill into the next segment. and as water levels rise of sleep, both will sink down. so the fed up the bottom of the tunnel, fuss as it rises, people chops and supposedly the die. oh, they will have to come to the surface which silver see what's the idea these when he defends forces want? so what do you think of this as a strategy? i think it's pretty ruthless. i think the problem is that israel has defined 2 words and they all to destroy thomas. i'm to get the whole seas out and it's very difficult to do one without impacting on the other. so this really is the perfect example of that. so as you fill these tunnels, and we can speak about whether it's an effective military tax, they can be that should flash most people out. the problem is, of course, that most of the hostages, the how much is keeping all of a sudden you're going to be in the tunnels and they going to be quite deep down in

the tunnel system cuz thomas wants them to stay alive. and so is vital is achieving one of his war objectives, but making it impossible to advise the opposite. she is more objective when it comes to getting the hostages back towards the cost is about making tough choices. but as you say that the, your top, the to top priorities that seem to be in contradiction. so total cost through the calculation mill actually plant as make the, the military gains against that, as you say, possibly killing the very people whose rescue is supposed to be your top priority. i think i think probably there's, there's 2 things with a one a is an a it, i'm just laying these out as options here. one is that actually the purpose of the war is to destroy ham. us on the secondary objective is to get the hostages back. we have some evidence that the beginning of the war mess and you all, you'll probably have to be reminded that it was about getting the hostages back.

and we have seen a number of hostages killed g to is riley minutes reaction. the only time hostages were released was during the period of the ceasefire before christmas. and then the, the other option is these all idea of groups think, and this happens over time in middle trees because minute trees. everyone's was uniform and they have under orders. they think the same way. and i think is often possible and you know, on myself is upright to the minute trees. and i've seen this group thing 1st time is possible to tell you so stories and some of the to stories they might be telling themselves. all this is about the know hoss using those tunnels and therefore we can flood them. but do they really know what it was? i thought it was. it's a bit like the ground water thing. we can front those titles, the symbols, and we know that it was leach into the ground water. i mean, that seems like a very, very big claim to make a, you know, again, i'd like to see the evidence for that. okay, mike, thank you for talking. not us through the fact that clearly as ever like mouth in from

a king's college is under. thank you so much. we to bombing and heavy fighting. i've left much of southern gaza in ruins. tens of thousands of civilians have been forced to flee from 5 a south to the egyptian, florida. he w, as mohammed alca lute reports, and now on conditions facing the new arrivals or mamma and his family of 20 are in search of safety. as i was forced to flee from a you, in shelter in hon. eunice after as rainy bombings intensified. now this is the hon. may of the city of rough or close to the border with agent thought with that one of the pieces we've been suffering a lot to you, there's no food or drink all the food. be prepared. we give to the children for those old people, it's not important. eat or drink the hand is a 100. and that's gonna be that everyone situation here it is difficult. we live in

great suffering may be a lot of. there's no drinking water. yeah. there's no health, i have not even the most basic elements of ordinary life. what am i going to have onto the have image ongoing clashes with homeless? israel escalated, it's foaming of crime, eunice or the $43000.00 displaced. people have been forced to move south towards the rough. uh, the women. i mean, yeah, i know. good god, we was sleeping peacefully when suddenly there were clashes and shells started falling on us and we couldn't sleep all night. and i still don't understand. the reason for this behavior is just how the sony on the you in the estimates around 85 percent of causes population has been displaced by the war. many families have been forced to move multiple times the

color. so how do we hope that the war will end peacefully? and that will be able to live a safe, normal life for the children. because our children don't live in safety at the moment. and the whole thing is that i love you, we hope to return home as soon as possible and live a life like everyone else and like the rest of the world. all situation and data for children is very bad. ledner the home on my end, thousands of palestinians and gaza hopes that they can return home one day for now, those home is this, make shifting on the guys and border a quick look at a couple of other soldiers from around the world. the us secretary of state times and the bank and will return to them at least this weekend or his 5th visit since october 7, the tax. the wife has says the truthful focus on post war efforts to rebuild and govern garza as well as increasing humanitarian a former practice. tony prime minister in mount hahn and his wife have been

sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption about it comes a day after another cool with a 100 him a 10 year sentence for revealing state secrets. this account maintains that the case is against him. a part of a plot to shut it, shut him out of politics. russia and ukraine have completed a present as well. the deal included the release of $200.00 prisoners on each side and was broken by the united arab emirates. it comes just a week after and russian plane was shot down close to the cranium. board bosco says that aircraft was carrying ukrainian prisoners from last week's swaps and blames key for the attack. for you has proposed measures to limit agricultural imports from ukraine. they include re introducing thomas on sensitive products like poultry eggs, and sugar measures aimed at comic angry farmers who say that being on the account by cheap ukrainian goods under of the situation has been fueling protests across

your former head of germany's domestic intelligence agencies. now being monitored by that agency because he's suspected of being a father, i think stream is on scale mass and was dismissed from his role in 2018 for failing to down play violence against migrants. evasive hostile, grinning from us lawmakers in washington. the senate judiciary committee accused the heads of take talk x does go with snap on meta, not doing enough to protect children from online sexual abuse or other harmful content on facebook and instagram. a chief mountain joke about told low mike is his company is working on new child protection measures and the family also said research services. social media is not on balance counsel, so young people's mental health, but little makers unconvinced. look at they say to the exchange between mister hook about republican senator, joshua tony, i said you mischaracterized 37 percent of teenage girls between 13 and 15 were

exposed to on want to nudity, in a week on instagram. you knew about it. who did you buy or senator? this is why we're building or did you firewalls center that's i don't think that that's who did you fired? i'm not gonna answer that. is this is i or anybody. right? you didn't take any significant because it's appropriate to talk about it, but it's not a part of the decisions that and parents so you didn't take any action. you didn't take any action or didn't fire anybody. you haven't complicated. i think let me ask you this, let me ask you this. there's families of victims here today. have you apologize to the victims? i would you like to do so now? well, they're here. you're on national television. would you like now to apologize to the victims who have been harm, but you're not showing the pictures. would you like to apologize for what you've done to these good people? first.

okay . well the w washington correspondent benjamin alvarez, drew. but tell me why monk about is facing so much kate from us. little make us this. this is not something that is new and therefore you can see even seal is pop up with this appointment in to send it to you in room during this year. and we just had a showed aps truck there where he faced the families of the victims and apologize only. but that's his appointment is not only by the members of the family of victims of von lennox protection, but also from senators across of yellow. there are 2 secretary goods of having an, a, quote, a product that is killing people in this issue is not new and the fact and that's also at the center. so say that no new bills on child safety has been passed is due

to the power that the social media companies still have companies that dissent are not only a cheese of not doing enough, but also of actively blocking steps to hold them accountable. and that's the moment that we just had the when, after turning to the audience and apologizing him a to them, he then was ask if he would also, if taste them and face this allegations directly. if companies should, it'd be able, if can you to be able to be sued, not just his company, but also he should be issued personally, he dosh this question and he also touched a suggestion by a center to set up a victims a compensation fund. okay, so besides that he could exchange what else stood out of the scaling is the senate hearings are called a part of efforts to policy legislation of to use of inaction. you could say by congress and during many different exchanges between the different centers and the c o. so was a common line. there is bi partisan support for increased child is safe to

regulation. full social media side. there is broad consensus that these companies are definitely not doing enough. the promises and pleasures are not protecting children enough and the time of impunity is over. some senators question also missed the 2nd books opening statements, where he denied that there's even a link between using social media and young people and awards at mental health. so that's something that contradicts his own company's researching. and fortunately, and there was a lot of interesting questions, but that was not enough time for much separately to address these concerns. but the issue is urgent. there is by parts and support and the question will be what the legislation will now make it past both houses of chamber. okay, so very briefly then what can we expect to come out of these hearings briefly if you were there a several bill said lawmakers kept bringing up. and now what they have wants to do is to try to pass this forward to have this on the agenda to have this by parts of the board uses momentum to then press forward,

and that's also the issue. hold the center does actually change the approach not is saying what can companies do, but to ask and grill the seals directly on what their position is on the legislation that both republicans and democrats of trying to push forward. now i q, benjamin advantage group in washington dc says, reminder, our top story is our base rams is concerned, as far as, as if it's flooding tunnels on the cost of which it says to be used by how much is pumping symbols into the network for us as ground water supplies will not be affected, expos, they'll have one that flooding could damage of fresh water for cost as 2300000 present. set you up to date bull well years at the top of the hour of next on the w documentary, looking at the risk of a devastating of quite striking extendable

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