the, the, this is the, the, the news coming to live from berlin. a deadly gas explosion in a residential neighborhood of nairobi at least 3 year dead. and more than $270.00 injured after a vehicle loaded with gas exploded and set off. and in for an also coming up, had of top level talks between israel and the us. these really military keeps up, the pressure on her mazda units in southern guns, up to here, the latest on the war and about reported deal making from our correspond. and after you leaders sealed a major a deal for ukraine. i'll speak to

a top ukranian official on what it means. 50000000000 euro package, which european member states approved after overcoming hungry is objections, is designed to keep the ukranian state work. and after watching his poll numbers rise steadily in response to germany is all right, a of the party sees a dip in support protestors against the alternative for germany. party brought out hundreds of thousands last month drawing talk. a silent majority, finding his voice against the far right. the hello i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. at least 3 people have been killed in a gas explosion and fire in the canyon capital nairobi. according to the canyon red cross, hundreds more were injure. the government's as person said that the fire broke out

around midnight after a truck loaded with gas canisters exploded. it then spread to nearby homes and businesses firefighters of extinguish the blaze and an investigation into the cause of the incident is underway or corresponded. maria miller is at the scene in nairobi. i asked her if it's clear yet what caused the explosion. yes, that almost search and the government's books then said that the laurie's that you can see behind me and they were loaded with liquid petroleum gas. and these cylinders, they explode at the middle of the night as he sat around midnight. it had a huge impact, as it can see, the whole neighborhood is actually affected residential buildings shops. it is a huge area. you can see devastation even now be it behind the camera. so i want to show you all. so i don't know if the picture is good enough, but they also shop sale. so of course,

now many people have arrived here to the scene to look to watch what's going on behind that you can see the shops also destroyed. so you can only imagine, you know, the intensity of this last, let's move back here. and so we spoke to people who are witnesses to told us the ground was shaking. they weren't even aware of what's, what's going on. people were screaming it must have been such a horrible scene and we spoke to one woman who lives nearby here in the, in the little sledge with her family. she told us stuck in cutting needs to told us that she woke up and she tried to flee, and she got bands and the process. i adds our mom really click, manage, nothing cream out, pick out the child, children, and get them get to the outside of the exam. so we did the same thing. you see the fire fire me if you see that fat because it 2 of them approximate. so the if i was like one we took from the apartment that sold the cat took also came funding the adults from access to my custody say don't feel so. and the kids took

a few months. they don't do what just asking what is happening. so you told us, you said a lesson what, what is up in you just get to the plots? it must have been horrible. aside from the desk, the desk and injuries many people. they're lost or houses and older belongings. mario, what kind of authority suit to help those people the yeah, that's, that's right. 270 people way into that. they're now in different hospitals around. it's not yet clear how compensation will look like, or even, you know, any damage compensation. the government hasn't addressed that yet, but uh, the government spokesman said that people who were injured and well being treated in hospitals nearby. this costs that um, the government will pay for this treatment. so people here who heard that they actually quite relieved. 3 people have been killed so far that also we don't know

if that number will increase also the injured. yeah, we will follow up very well. thank you very much. that was our corresponded mariel miller in nairobi, israel who's continuing its operations in gaza and says wants to switch the focus of its attacks there to the cell, close to the egyptian border. israel's military set of carried out ground assaults and airstrikes and central gaza and con. eunice, against from us fighters. the militant is luminous group is designated to tear organization by many countries. israel also signaled it would advance farther south to rough up causes. a master on health ministry has reported over a 100 deaths overnight from the intensified funding across the territory. bmo guitar, the diplomats are waiting on a mazda is response to a potential ceasefire proposal that could see more is rarely hostages released from captivity in gaza. with more of this join now,

but are correspond to rebecca richards in jerusalem. rebecca, give us the latest on the is really offensive in gaza 1st. sl terry is you're just mentioning this a uh is riley's, has been continuing they've on bottom and particularly of the southern part of the strip centering around hon. eunice. that has be a focal point for some weeks now. it's believed that many have as late as a sheltering there, and that has been a focus of the as riley military. they've surrounded the city and they have been bombarding it as well as the ground troops targeting, particularly some of the hospitals in the area. there is still some fine thing happening in the center and the news and all of this going on despite the fact that he is writing that tray, were initially signaling a few weeks ago that they were going to be winding down these, this scale of operation. i'm moving towards the cycle next phase, a, a more targeted and less overall damaging, you know,

taking the lives of so many civilians. but that is not what we're saying at the moment. i'm use ready defense minister as you also just mentioned, has signal that they will be moving towards russia. that's southern most a city in gaza despite the fact that more than 1000000 people living in gauze and one a moving woman and civilians are actually sheltering in and around rough or it is a completely crowded over crowded with increasing the dia, conditions, many of those people having flooded several times from places in the north center and south towards profits and trying to escape the worst of the fighting. it now looks as though it is really military. going to stop targeting rafa we see soon. there was no indication of timing on that, but it's with increasing difficulty for those civilians to find any way to, to run an escape from. to now rebecca negotiations between israel and homos are

still ongoing. we understand what can you tell us about these efforts as well, we're starting to have some words of cautious optimism from the people that are involved as a groups the parties involved in those negotiations. terry, particularly from the categories this being a key part of the negotiations of thus far they were very instrumental in negotiating the a ceasefire and hostage exchange that we saw in november. and they, the foreign ministry spokesman for guitar has said that there's a very positive signs that a deal could be immune. and in the next couple of weeks, he said that israel has more or less agreed to the current deal that's on the table . and that they are waiting for a mouse response, there was some confusion as to whether or not how most had actually given partial acceptance of the deal, but it does appear that her mazda is with us still yet to give their response. they told the reuters news agency or a spokesperson for her mom,

told the reuters news agency that they have seen the deal that they are mailing it over and that our response will come in time. we know that there are a couple of different variations of the deal that is out in the public to one is that a 6 week pause would, would take place for release of all the hostages, both dead and alive, but another do that is also being spoken about is a show suppose some $35.00 days of ceasefire, temporary phase 5 for a few. a number of is really hostages around the 35 mach mainly women and injured. so we'll have to see exactly what is agreed upon and a timeframe we of course, don't know if there's negotiations happening very much behind closed doors. and as we saw in november, you know, they were ongoing for much time. it was peaks and troughs along the way. i need the end of the deal was then secure with a pretty much known i have a night, but it was pretty much it you know, in the next couple of days is going to happen. so we don't have any more details about when that will happen yet. terry. rebecca,

thank you very much. that was our correspond to rebecca rivers in jerusalem. sketchup on a few other stories making headlines today. us defense secretary lloyd austin has said the us is preparing significant action in response to the recent deadly drone attack on us forces and jordan sundays around strikes. targeted the remote u. s. military base in northeastern jordan known as power 22. washington has blamed the attack on the ran back militants turkish police of arrested a pro palestinian gunmen and fried several hostages. near is double an armed man, protesting the war, and garza had taken 7 workers comp to the plan owned by us consumer goods joined proctor and gamble. officials say the hostages were freed on the ship, carrying thousands of live stock has returned to australia after being stuck in limbo for weeks by the crisis and the red sea. the is really owned vessel headset

off from the australian port, a free mantle in january. only to be ordered back due to the attacks on shipping by humans with the rebels you leave to praise the passage of a new 50000000000 euro support package for ukraine. european council present chavez shell said the 4 year deal would insure long term for additional funding for ukraine. after hungry as prime minister victor all by and finally dropped weeks of opposition to the deal. ukraine has faced increasing uncertainty over 8 funding because of political infighting in the you and the u. s. us or with me here in the studio is all her stuff. a nation. she is deputy prime minister for the european and euro atlantic integration of ukraine. as such, she's responsible for your clients, integration into both of you and nato. welcome to dw. good morning. let's begin with the breakthrough yesterday in brussels. uh,

you leaders finally approved that 50000000000 euro package for ukraine. what does that mean for your country as well? that means a lot, and so since a long list has a message to or ukranian people, ukrainian medical workers sold shirts. so the social workers teach us that they will have the necessary payments that and do you grade in society, which has no signal that it will survive throughout the 4 years. because we're not only surviving through the war and fighting on the front line. there's a surgeon $1000030.00 plus 1000000 people which have to so i have to work on a daily basis. and this decision is vital. this 50000000000 from, from europe for 4 years from the european union. is that really going to be enough to cover all the needs for the financial needs for the country because it must be extremely difficult keeping your war economy going while you're fighting

a war against russia? sedation is different from 2002 and now the amount of necessary resources to guide the budget shortages is much smaller because we have typed in our, our conditions, all the revenues from national budgets are targeted to defy the war and defend ourselves. so this resources are not enough, of course we're waiting for the decision of the us administration, but that it shows the commitment of your a to stand with ukraine and i think it's more then then the written, the resources about financially we will be able to survive what this resources as well hungry and even member state long opposed to this aid package for ukraine and was able to successfully block it for weeks and weeks in brussels. do you sense that support for ukraine within the european union is diminishing or i don't stay so i don't think so. on the opposite,

the ukraine has generally opened the window for the transformation of european union, and every member state is looking for its place. so that i just saw private mr or button the coming through to be in the counsel in his di or fee since it's great and usually it's a bank or read so which means that the transformation starts at and i think unfortunately you credit has to find the war 5, the war, but at the end of the day, it will result in the stronger union united together. so color symbolism important there. talk to us about the trajectory of the war and how it's influencing ukraine's prospect sub joining. the u and nato ukraine's counter offensive against russia has stalled, by most accounts of russian forces or dog in on ukrainian territory. vladimir putin shows no sign of backing down is you or nato membership realistic under these circumstances. us?

well, let us not forget that you credit for securing the black sea corridor, which was one of the major military operations, which will be part of the history. and you cannot say that the front is stuck. and now we're also a, a, a war in which you create test the, the new technology. so which means the front is not the way you send over the 2nd world war. but on you, it's very clear. so all the decisions and commitment has been made, your credit is in the process and your friends administration is perfectly capable of delivering to you on that. on natal, the decision has been taken and when does that, you credible become a member of nato? and since then, all the decisions house been implemented. so i think that basically now the issue of the next step where they to invitation or i will have discussions in the chance story today, what could be? it's a, it's not that political, it's, it's a normal process and it's a perfectly legal solution which stumbled the commitment to military financial

support to ukraine and persistence to the end of those war and the restoration of fees. so i think the angle of a discussions different now because your crimes membership to nato is vital for the allies is critical to the war in ukraine and not allow us to, to cross the native border and basically to secure the borders or european union. so you'd say that ukraine's e u. n. nato membership aspirations are on track. are perfectly sure. let's talk about your thoughts on, on ukraine's relations with the us. us clearly unimportant backer of ukraine in this war against russia. aid for ukraine is being blocked right now in the us congress by republicans. and there's a good chance that donald trump will return to the white house as president after the election later this year. how concerning is that prospect for you?

well, of course, your grand junction, so anxious about any potential tensions which delay the decisions on financial military support because every decision directly affects ukrainian people. and some of the congress people told me that you come come play poker so so don't, don't distract us from the us. that's a, that's okay. this is the politics. we have to survive at any condition and we will survive at that new condition. but we're still see the situation probably would have to, to get the total of sort to see that the decision is on this and it's on the surface. so i'm really happy that natal site gen installed them or has been in the industry. and i guess the transfer of choices planning kids about that as well. i think this is a very important showing of solidarity, but you are a bas, done strong for each security. but us role is still lied to at this point. both of

us definition deputy prime minister for the european and euro atlantic integration of ukraine. thank you very much for talking with us here today. thank you. so that aid package has been approved for ukraine, but uh, while progress was being made inside the halls of the european union in brussels. outside things came to a standstill, protesting farmers blocked the streets with their tractors and through fire crackers, eggs, and bottles of police are angry about rising costs and bureaucracy. the farmers out in force in brussel. they located parts of the belgian capital demand more help with verizon costs associated use. assume that you're trying to make people aware of the conditions for pharmacy to read on. so advice from people quick go hungry so far. so if i were to police assembled near the headquarters, were fires blazed as the farmers gathered. we are right in the middle of the

european union. the ports are in process and these slaves that you see here, just an expression of some of the anger on the streets. and of course, not only anger filling the square, but also tractors, traffic in the area, growing to a home with more than a 1000 tractors, going nowhere, agricultural subsidies already make up a significant slice of the budget. and the book is trying to make good on climate promises. but these farmers incest, they're getting a real deal with too much red tape. making us follow move on to some of the defects under the we have people who work with the us with nature, the people who manage this specific tasks. unfortunately, they probably know nothing about the nature of it on this, but at my best to accept that through my that was more in response to your applied protests. the you have move to temporarily relax some green farming rules, unlimited cheaper inputs from ukraine to the full not found this. because our old

sites, we see you and we hear you. and if you voice, if you want your voice to be heard to make it had also in june when you vote for the european parliament elections about this effort to cool tensions, hasn't yet cleared the air here in germany. support for the far right day of the party has been growing and recent bonds bought. a new poll shows a slight weakening of its support. a flurry of recent demonstrations against the far right ruth, hundreds of thousands of people nurse nationwide. those who hit the streets, expressed alarm reports of extremist networks in germany, but they also express their anger at the government's response for weeks, jim and zip in protesting in the 10s of thousands against the rise of the fall. right? people from different political backgrounds who will agree on one thing. the extreme right is a threat to german is democracy, and it must be stopped. the latest and for test team and poll shows 72 percent of

germans think these demonstrations of a useful purpose. it also makes clear 2 thirds believe the f. d, alternative for germany policy is up for religious organization. something the f d do nice of us. one of these is me personally, is that the young people are now coming out. no doubt they had their opinions about the sd before, but you didn't see it via the thought was previously an anonymous mass has become visible on the new model. so they are now slowly realizing that things could not continue as they were on ultimate these in kansas. shift to the right is the last thing we need for our democracy. who do demo caught, the declaration of let's is, was horrible. some parts of the a f, d have been declared for right by intelligent services. a debate has raged about potentially banning the potty. but the survey also shows many germans and not put off by the phone, right. label a 2 thirds say that is not

a problem. as long as the policy speaks up about issues that matter. nearly huff? think that changing the agenda is the main role of the a f d put van. so many people say that is if i left filters, governments is one of the causes of the fall, right? strength of the stack of the fact that the a f d as becomes stronger as a result of left wing policies hit, you know, they had done their job. well, we wouldn't have the, the on 20 percent as the 2nd strongest party on this, such a lot of dissatisfaction around. and there also needs to be more justice. but the government also needs to show more courage that is blown out by the and protest pope. it shows that while the surgeon, prominence of the far right is high on the list of things, people worry about. the sense that politicians have become detached from reality is also a strong kind of what's not yet clear is whether the defense support for the a f d will turn into

a long term trend and whether the mainstream policies will see the poll numbers, aging backup of class. earlier i spoke with our political correspondent, matthew moore. i asked him whether the f these decline in the polls is connected to revelations. the party officials recently discuss plans to deport hundreds of thousands of people from germany. see, jerry, this is the 1st pole since those revelations. a match that if the fingers discussed mosque deportation plans that involve the removal of foreigners and even german citizens with migration backgrounds. and it was a story that really shocked the country. that was widespread condemnation, mass pull, test all across the country, including in the east of the country where the f d has its hotline to feel like it was a story really that had caught through that when you spoke to people in the street, they knew exactly what you were talking about and it continues to do so fresh the tables, imagine all the time and even more full tests are expected in spot. in fact this we

can, but i'm more press protests expected. but i think it's important to look at another political development in the last few weeks. and that is the arrival on the political scene in germany of the left wing populace party led by side of ogden, connect. she is a full fire brand leader of the left who has basically started her own party and that is a party that seems to kind of mary life when policies on social issues and right wing policies on conservative kind of conservative issues. the of like immigration and cultural issues. and what she's hoping to do is to pull back some of the support from the f d and the traditional parties. and it was expected that she could, if she did that she would have an impact on the, the pulling and in the pulling came out of just the, just not was she's on 5 percent. and so it's likely to be that some of that support has actually come from the the as well. okay, and we must be said that the if the is still pulling in 2nd place nationwide in

germany and germany's governing coalition remains very unpopular. is there still potential matthew for the far right to continue growing it's voter base as well. it's really it's a lot of time time. terry, as we had in the report, people are pointing an underlying issues to of really driven the support that's things like emigration. the economy at the warren ukraine, there's an inflation. all of these issues are creating a sense of uncertainty and gluten and germany, which has been a burden for the d. and as long as these issues are they on aren't being really dealt with by the government, it could be that there's only substitute to farther strings in the se, in the coming weeks and months and the running up to the election in 2025. well, some politicians in germany would still like to launch a legal case to band the guy up to you. but half of germans polled we just saw

there they, they are, they are against that. why? the reluctance to launch a legal case to behind the 50 there are really 2 reasons the for that there's the legal which is that they should be really difficult legal process on hard to prove a party like the the is um, is it stands against and is on to democratic because when you look at the manifesto, it's kind of um, it goes up to the fence but of the blue cross the line. and so there's aspects of it. then there's the political aspect to it. and this is what we've had over and over the last few weeks, is that there's my only strength and the these kind of cool victim complex play into the narrative. but the system is reg against them. and the feeling is that that politicians should win the debate and therefore beat the f d by by when he with the bait. bethany, thank you very much. that was our corresponding, matthew moore. if you're watching dw is stay with us,

we have conflict zone coming up with the truck coming up for you. next. tim, sebastian, interviews, the head of the palestinian national initiative park. i'm terry martin for me and all of us here at dw news and berlin, thanks for watching the

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international perspective. hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in germany are right. and yet the country's biggest bar right party is seeing record numbers of members and border supports on to the point we ask in defiance, can turn. can mass protest stop to the point in 6 to minutes on d, w, the nice b c. at the end, just to pass the gun any difficult to access an expedition ventures on to places that no one has the why is the

ice melting the signage research in the i c d w the israel, how boss was moved briefly to an open courtroom with the hague, as the international court of justice hud accusations that as well had committed genocide, gaza palestinians, welcome to move, including my guest, who stuff about booty and the west bank who heads the policy. the national initiative was the one from the court immediately to allow me is to say that there is a mission of genocide and to give is it an or death to stop? no property, the pro is violent and so it gets all civilians. but he was a special combination.