the the busiest dw news line from ballad israel stoves the last big hospitals still functioning. in garza, the army says that as credible evidence that hamas health hostages inside the complex. meanwhile, australia adds to international goals for israel to delay its plan to sold for the sauce. tomatoes defense chief assess pretz to the west, the war ukraine, and europe's why the defense strategy. top see agenda at a summit in brussels. we're here from the alliance. the secretary general tasks one dead and many more injured in

a month shooting during the super bowl victory parade. and kansas city. 3 people under arrest. 3 and the new space, raise the privately owned land, up the head. spell the south pole. mission. floor for the guy the office. thanks for joining us. is there any troops have stolen the biggest functioning hospital left in gauze on the ami describes the operation at the nozzle hospital in the southern city of con eunice as precise unlimited. it says there was credible evidence that hamas, which carried out the total of 7 turbo tax held hostages in that complex. the mobile phone footage appears to show,

as rarely forces entering nicer hospital and con eunice. the main medical facility in southern gaza is really military said. it was a limited operation aimed at finding hostages remains. we have credible intelligence from a number of sources including from released hostages, indicating the tomas handle hostages, and the nozzler hospitality. notice that there may be bodies of hostages into another host facility further south. so 1500000 displaced palestinians are now living and cramped conditions in the border. city of rafa with israel still believed to be planning and assault on vasa. international warnings are growing louder. large scale is actually all present, authoration is in densely populated areas, risks extensive civilian casualties. australia believes this would be on justifiable. a message to is well is listen to the world. do not go down this path. the united nations says there is no safe place for guidance to

evacuate to with so many people, a mast along the border. the ones who monetary and cheese has warned of a spill over into egypt. given the scale of the devastation, the weapons trade agencies, those guys that will need international investment on the scale of your ups. postwar marshall plan to recover after the fighting. but for most cousins, the future is far from their mind. they're struggling just to survive every day and have a d w, a special correspondence. i mean, if it's in jerusalem with a more details of that hospital, right. well the israel defense forces claim that they're conducting a precise res, using special forces on this hospital. they claim that they've given a warning to the people in a hospital to evacuate, although they have not evacuated, the people themselves is a big difference there in terms of security. a many of the patients have stayed for fear of being shot while leaving the hospital. at least one patient has died in the

rates so far, according to reports come off as well as the hospital staff. also say that the israel defense forces shots into areas where thousands of civilians are sheltering out of hospitals. not being used only as a hospital, but also a shelter for many civilians who have come from other areas in gaza. so at least at least one person killed in the rate. now what's interesting here is that the i d. s and press statement said that they were looking to retrieve the bodies of hostages . what they're talking about here is those hostages that have already been killed by him off. so they're not talking about retrieving living hostages, but the bodies of hostages. so that's a situation at the hospital at this moment. so civilians, of course, very much in focus as you said, is not focusing on the very selves of gaza. and what are the goals that of the well, it stated goals are to sweep the area for her most fighters. this has been the goal

since the october 7th terrace attack carried out by a moss to basically destroy the organization itself. now they've been doing this in the north of garza for months now. the concentration now is on the south of gaza from us where this hospital is, has largely been evacuated by civilians and they have been pushed up against the egyptian border in the town of rasa, where is real is threatening to conduct a ground invasion despite the warnings of its closest allies, including germany and the us, they say that their ground evasion is imminent, that they are going to give us civilians a chance to leave that area before it begins. but that they're going forward with that plan. now, palestinians, on the other hand, claim that their aims of israel defense forces are more sinister that they're not just looking for hamas fighters. but they're looking to exact revenge on the population of gaza for the homeless terrace attacks and some even claim. and this has been echoed by the far right and israel that they are intending to push palestinians up against the border and even into the sign i desert in egypt,

largely pushing them out of the area claimed by israel itself. so both sides, having different opinions about what the uh, the aims of israel defense forces are here in this fight for a southern gaza. but it's certainly the case that there is a humanitarian disaster unfolding in that area there be done. so, i mean, se, thank you. very much on you. ukraine's military is repositioning some troops in the front line town of difficult to what it calls a more advantageous positions. the eastern town has seen. months of heavy fighting keeps, as it is, re deploying some forces because it is difficult to supply of difficult and good people outs. russia is trying to seize the town, which is seen as the key to the dung boss region to the war. and ukraine is high on the agenda at the summit of native defense ministers in brussels. they're discussing the biggest challenges facing via lines to also include what's happening

in gauze them. a notable absence from the meeting will be the us secretary of defense, lloyd austin, due to health reasons. the gathering has been overshadowed by comments from republican presidential hopeful donald trump, who recently seemed to call into question washington's commitments to its night to l. baker, chief in stoughton boxes, supporting ukraine benefits. all members are welcomed up. they dollars are providing more support, more air defense, more i'm a nation. are welcome to decision by due to being union and to allocate to 50000000000 euros to ukraine and expect the us congress to agree uh, a package of a continued support to ukraine. because supporting ukraine is not charter to supporting ukraine. is an investment in our own security. us and our process correspondents are schultz, is following the natal meeting for us. terry nights of defense chiefs of have

a virtual summit with the ukrainian defense minister that reports that munition is running short on the battlefield. again, have ukraine's as being able to reassure keeps that more help is on the way well, gearhart, they do say more help is on the way, but as you mentioned to this long re running shortage about munition is really not going to be alleviated by anything we heard here at this needle meeting, we know that the european union pledge to provide a 1000000 rounds of 100155 millimeter ammunition is not going to be met. that was supposed to be delivered by next month. and in fact, they've delivered less than half. so far, so that is definitely a crucial shortage for ukraine. we've heard that there rationing it on the battlefield. and as you heard secretary general sales number of pointed out that the united states has not been able to deliver on a 60000000000 dollar a package that sitting there in washington without approval from the house of representatives. that's causing a lot of anxiety here because you have smaller 8 packages. you have nato allies

joining together to been what they're calling capability cold nations, to provide things like more drones, more munitions, more missiles, the mining capabilities. but you really, you really need this huge us package to come through to make a difference for your brain right now. now, among nasal countries, that has been an unprecedented rise in defense spending with now 18 of 31 members. investing at least 2 percent of the gdc. that's a commitment. nato countries made a decade ago. why have things move so so that that's true. it's an unprecedented rise. but again, as you mentioned, the pledge made in 2014 was that all allies would meet at the 2 percent of g. d. p . defense spent spending on their own militaries by this year. and as you said, only 18 has done. so of course you've got more allies and made that pledge in 2014 . i mean they have, are saying that nato is pointing out, is that almost all the allies say book area along the eastern flank are spending

more than 2 percent on defense. so these threats made by donald trump, the do, you know, if you're not up to the 2 percent threshold, you may not get the article 5 guarantees by the united states that would cover all those countries that russia is likely to attack. but it has been a slow rivers in the decline in defense spending that started in 2014. they very much hope that more of those allies will meet the threshold very soon. now there's been some concern over comments by donald trump bed. should he win the us, the election of his country may refuse to 8 and i to allies who spend the less than 2 percent of cdp on defense. that's something the alliance would survive. that's right, that would be very difficult. and certainly a secretary, generally installed and break has come out as strongly as possible saying that there cannot be any attempt to undermine the article 5 iron club guarantee. that if any ally as a task, all the others would come to its defense. that something he is reiterated multiple

times starting sunday with the statement he made immediately after the trump remarks. um, you know, without article 5 that made a, lose a lot of his detour into effect. and so he, we heard the secretary general repute today, and i think we'll hear him really underscore that again in the press conference is coming up at the end of the meeting. there's also in a process that thank you. and of course, as terry just said, a nato secretary general you have spoken bug is due to hold a news conference at the summit shortly and of course will bring you his remarks live as soon as they happen, probably within this program. now, germany's defense minister boast, the story is, has a cold for clarity on media reports from the us about russian efforts to develop space based nuclear weapons that could target satellites. the republican chair of the house intelligence committee might turn up as cold. it's a serious national security threat, and i was president and the not providing to declassify relevant information must

go says the was for the reports are a bruised by the white house to get congressional congressional backing for more. you frame a w's benjamin out of are as goober drives me from washington. d. c. benjamin, can you give us more details about the allegations that russia is developing nuclear weapons that are based in space? what do we know and what does come with? no bosses is the 2nd nature of this weapon and whether it actually exists is still unclear. we don't have of cause access to this classified information. so for now, we have to rely on sources that were contacted by u. s. media. he has some sources briefed on this matter, say that these capabilities could cozen international threats, but do not posing urgent threat to the united states. now there's another sol, as it says that it should not be cost for panic of the contract. these news,

if you would just add broke of the republican representative mike turner, we can see there in the picture. the chair of the intelligence committee of the house of representatives issued a rather unusual and also cryptic statement warning of a serious national security threat. but it is something that has raised indeed, eyebrows in the white house press on this matter. during a press conference and national security advisor dick sullivan declined the to provide a specifics. and you said that he was really surprised that mike toner issue. this statement, considering also that there was already arranged a briefing for the so called gain of 8 that says selected group of 8 officials who are responsible for reviewing and receiving this sensitive intelligence information . so the white house was wondering why this statement was issued a before this meeting. how likely is id classification then? it of course depends on the type of this classified information, but we have a gym. hines, the top democrats, on this intelligence committee. he already came out and disagreed with the decision

to release this public statement, although the committee decided and voted to make this information available to all and members of the house of representatives, the decision to release the statement according times was a mike turner. so the chairman of this committee, so we can expect more of the members of the house that are being briefed as we speak a to come out in the next days today, tomorrow. and also on friday, as we also see what the house of representatives will do with this classified information. so now the kremlin has called the reports rules by the white house in order to convince congress to vote for more aid for ukraine house. this russian reaction being viewed in washington this read moscow says that it remains to be seen what evidence of white houses actually presenting. they called the reports malicious. they also count a called the reports and founded yet as agents from the west. choosing russia

reckless new to a rhetoric on a new, but this of course is a new is situation. it's not surprising the washington that the wife has not yet commented on and most goes a reaction. but we can expect more statements coming from the low make is as more a brief to and this intelligence information. maybe we also hear something from dig sullivan after the meeting with this group of congressional leaders to talk about this information that washington is sharing not only here but also with allies in europe and around the world of correspond to benjamin as group of this. thank you very much, benjamin stay on the subject in cross to the hey, you know, bringing a doctor as dikes on who is an assistant professor at the institute of security and global affairs of light and university at mr. dykes on rightly or wrongly. this spectra of moscow using nuclear weapons in space has been raised. is this something we should really worry about as well? i, i don't know, i'm not an expert on us, ballistics, but i was

a bit surprised by the way this was declassified and which adults about us already . so it might have more to do with the trying to show the advice who remains the threat to us and for us to have the votes and then anything else. um, also as far as i know, us officials didn't provide the details so fresh as new capability. and so it's hard to judge, but it's not corporation. also, at least it's not the name and the threats. and that sets on the topic of the proliferation of nuclear weapons, that's always worrying. and the space space set, the lights inside satellite weapon is the floor. it's could destroy the means for civilian communications. survey is a space, a military involving control. so it could have serious consequences. now the us is speaking office space based nuclear weapons to target satellites. can you help us understand what such an attack would look like and what kind of impact would have

been? well, 1st of all, once you put a nuclear weapon in space, you can use it or those weapons for more than just attacking satellites. in fact, there may be more of us use is the ultimate few weapons in space, but i got the stuff in the spring you will be using them against the targets on there. for instance, them questions both. so the question is, does russia really needs nuclear weapons space space to destroy satellites? as we know that it has conventional empty satellite systems. we know that the best of and then by satellite weapon, a couple of years ago was able to just probably one of his own set the lice. but he also created the law of space that every in the process. so if you would deploy them on the largest scale, for instance, against us government satellites,

and you would also shoot yourself in the foot surface a little bit. i'm sorry for interrupting you that let's, let's turn to the legal situation. how quick the international community police attacks in space policing is very difficult, but the international legal situation is such that the article for us to 1967 outer space, 3 d. a prohibits the states barbies from placing them into space or placing into orbit around any object, scary nuclear weapons, or any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction for that matter. um, so it's for him, it fits, i'm the international law house of police. it is of course, a different question that would be up to the interaction services. talk to anne sykes on behalf the institute of security and global affairs that lives in

university in the heck. thank you very much for sharing your expertise with us. thank you for having me. let's have a look now at some of the all those stories making headlines today. as in india, the government is to hold thoughts as follows. following must protest calling for guaranteed crop price and security for us as a set of roadblocks to stop thousands of farms reaching the capital daily. similar protest 2 years ago forced the government to suppress pricing. we for germany has overtaken japan last yes, that was the biggest economy. the re shuffle is due prime and primarily a to a shop full in the end and is now technically in the recession as its economy has contracted for the 2nd straight course. ident thailand, authorities are urgent people to work from home as evolution to threatens the capital. bangkok, smoke from binding crops outside the city combined with vehicle emissions of coal,

smoke levels to spike sun rise over the ty, capital bank cock on thursday. air pollution reach to levels 15 times higher than recommended by the world health organization. making the air quality in bangkok, among the worst of the world, authorities responded by ordering government employees to work from home. in a bid to reduce traffic pollution, private companies were urged to do the same. people working outdoors, said the hayes was making the miserable a gave me off. i can't read. it feels like i'm suffocating and that's not good at all. it's terrible. yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, right, i gamma whatever my eyes are itchy because there's so much dust. it isn't easy debris. officials say agricultural burning outside. the city is

responsible for most of the smog, but that emissions from vehicles. accounts for about a quarter of the air pollution, thailand's prime minister has hinted that the government may have to consider limit on cars, powered by fossil fuels. air pollution is becoming a major public health issue in thailand. some 2000000 people across the country sought medical treatment last year because of breathing related problems in kansas city in the united states, one woman has been killed in more than 20 people injured, including 8 children and a mouse shooting during the super bowl victory parade. police have arrested 3 suspects inside their investigating incident and any potential motive show spring out in a crowd of football fans sending them into panic. kansas city was

hosting a parade on a its team winning the super bowl. a day of celebration turned into tragedy. the only thing i really saw was it become chaos here, down, down, down everybody's down, somebody's joking, you know, this sort of thing. and i'm like, okay, this might be your own. but basically everyone the same footage kept to the moment police up for him to the suspect. the no return. the source, he's immediately quoted in just the area around the cities union street station

where the shooting took place. the i'm angry at what happened today. the people who came to this celebration should expect a safe environment. we had over 800 law enforcement officers, kansas city and other agencies at the location to keep everyone safe because of bad actors. which was very few. this tragedy occurred even in the presence of uniformed law enforcement officers, who again ran towards them and took them into the investigation into who is responsible for the attack. and the motive is still ongoing. and some more news headlines, embry for you. donald trump is to appear before a new york judge,

who will decide whether to dismiss the 1st of 4 indictments against the left trump . tall or short while ago the decision will determine whether the 1st of a criminal trial of a former us president can proceed. next by north korea says it as tested a new type of surface to see cruise missile state media published pictures, showing leader kim jong on at the law. and she says, north korea will take a more aggressive style and so on. disputed was this, it was john young's 6 minutes. i'll miss all test this year. a private mission to the moon has blasted off from the kennedy space center in florida. 321 ignition and with the intuitive machines launched its a disservice. land on a rocket made by e mail in most companies, spaces. it's trying to become the 1st commercial spacecraft to land successfully on

the of the i'm is for this is to search for was a in a so called 2nd space race. the american movie land just use for use up to set of into space. it's aim is to bring a camera and newly develop nasa measuring equipment to them in its destination . is the luna south pole? there are this. here's what's called a spot to lend. softly on the moon stuff. a new race to the moon is on satellites have discovered water and its poles. the most important resource for human space travel. this race is not driven just by scientific curiosity. it's a quest to develop the best technology, discover resources, and to secure future markets. nasa wants to build

a station in the moon's albany and outposts on the surface. and the space agency is working together with european japanese and canadian partners. many u. s. companies are hoping for newport test contracts and income from space tourism china, russia and india also have moon tourism in this hides. in order for any of this to happen, it's mission critical to find a way to land safely. but this is no easy task. and many help pay the rush us lou know 25 mission crushed into a lunar cradle and power green. the 1st commercial at american movie landa suffered the fuel leak on self destructed over the pacific ocean. japan slim rowboat

actually landed upside down off the field from india was able to put a robot on the vehicle on demand. meanwhile, china was the 1st nation to land on the far side of the me it's or this is mission is successful. us will be able to came the 1st commercial newsletter nasir also plans to build a new schuman stepped station there. in the darkness. the luna self coat, the you're watching dw news filter. com. this is a bill in film festival is opening with hundreds of movies competing for the top prize if possible and gaza. and the rise of the far right in germany means the valley

novice is taking place against tens. political thoughtful are going to greece with the parliament is preparing to vote on a bill legalizing same sex marriage. the measure is expected to pause with support from center right and left his little makers. it would make greece the 1st orthodox christian country to grant marriage. marriage rights to same sex couples. i do see that a change in greece is marriage most would be life changing for constantino's ends were like us. he currently lives in london with his husband and 2 adopted children . but if laws allow in his native greece, if he wants to take his family home, the minute this bill gets voted empowerment and fingers crossed the well. um, we are planning on registering ourselves as

a married couple so we can just transfer our my certificate over degrees. i know were interested in the kits and done that opens up the path for us to move back is approved. the bill would from same 6 capitals marriage rights as well as parental rights. it's lisa, right. it's been a long road to get to the stage with the orthodox church. family opposed representing greece is dominant. faith, the church, i use the marriage bill would confuse parental roles and we can the traditional family or previous governments have shied away from confrontation with the church. the bill looks likely to pass and despite the loud opposition, public opinion is narrowly supportive of the change says the dynamic evolution of society, societies, progress and interpretations of the constitution must be made on the evolution of

society. the arguments made a game or contrived, and there is in fact, a political disagreement not have any by recognizing marriage for same sex couples is not unconstitutional. and this objection must be rejected. debate on the bill began on valentine's day, a time to celebrate love. and the final vote, which is expected to pass with leaf wing and seems respecting this seat to take place on thursday. the 74th berlin film festival, the belly and all that is getting underway. over the next 10 days, hundreds of films will be competing for the golden and silver barrel awards. the belgian audit is one of those major film festival spot here in the drum and capital clips and dilemma. often mix with political controversy and this it is no exception combating the february drizzle with the promise of bullets and.