[000:00:00;00] the, this is dw news live from the lin israel storms. the last big hospitals still functioning. in garza, the army says it has credible evidence that come off held hostages inside the complex. meanwhile, australia adds to the international falls, the israel to delay its planned the sold. so the seller will say, coming off on the program, the judge reject stone problems, requests to dismiss the case again to the ruling in new york means the 1st criminal trial of

a former us president can go ahead next month and they so chief assess trends to the west, your defense strategy on the was in gaza and ukraine dominates 2 days of talks in brussels. the lines, the secretary general strikes a positive note plus balance. international film festival gets underway with famous faces on the red carpet. hundreds of movies all competing for the top prizes and does of uh, the bell and alex split some drama mix with political controversy. the menu hoops mckinnon. welcome to the program. is there any fruit set? stone, the largest functioning hospital in goza? the ami describes the operation of the nasa hospital in the southern city of han, eunice as precise and limited. it says there is credible intelligence that hamas,

which carried out the october the 7th terror attacks held hostages in the complex. the may balls tight and footage appears to show is rarely forces entering nesa hospital in hon. eunice, the main medical facility in southern gaza. these really military says it was a limited operation. aimed at finding hostages remains with credible intelligence from a number of sources including from released hostages, indicating that must handle hostages, and the nozzler hospitality on eunice. and that there may be bodies of hostages into another host facility for the south. some 1500000 displays palestinians. and now living in crumb conditions in the city of rafa. israel is still believed to be planting and assaults. but international warnings are growing louder. large scale military, opposite operations in densely populated areas, risks extensive civilian casualties. australia believes this would be on

justifiable. i'll message to as well is listen to the road. do not go down this path. the united nations says there is no safe place for gardens to evacuate to with so many people, a mass along the boulder. you and so you might have to heavy and cheese as one to spill over into egypt. given the scale of the devastation, the went straight agency says gaza will need international investments on the scale if you it's post school marshal plan to cover after the fight thing. but for most cousins, the future is far from their minds. they're struggling just to survive. every day of corresponding injuries when i'm in the safe, telling me more about the situation in the hospital right now as well. the hospital has been stormed by id s troops who said they carried out a precise unlimited operation in order to recover the bodies of hostages. at the

claim were killed by a moss. now these, as you can hear, they're not live hostages, that they were looking to find, but rather the bodies to recover them. there are reports that one person died, the staff of the hospital, which is run by the guards and health ministry, which is under the control of a moss. i have reported that one prison died when is real hit the hospital with a tank shell. so this would contradict to the statement that it was a precise and limited operation. israel does claim that they are intending to keep the hospital still in operation. they did take several people out that they're calling suspects and potentially suspects of a suspected of being associated with a mouse, which is real and many other countries consider a terrorist organization. now keep in mind that according to international law, hospital can become a little driven at military target. if attacks are being stage from within the hospital, which doesn't seem to be the claim of by israel at this point. now, despite growing international pressure,

israel says that it does plan to move forward with it's offensive on rasa in the south of the gaza strip. what more can you tell us about last? so that's right. despite the growing pressure from israel's closest allies, including germany, which sent it's, it's an animal in a bad bulk, a foreign minister to israel, to kind of put pressure on the country to not go through with a polite it's plans of storming the last, essentially, moderately safe area within the gaza strip, but israel has been defiant. uh, as that visit was happening from german delegation at the prime minister of israel said that they were going through with the plan. they have said that they do have plans to keep the civilians safe to evacuate them from that area were one point. 3000000 mostly civilians are sheltering and temporary shelter is just up

against the egyptian border. but nobody has really seen these plants materialize. there been some reports that they would push them out towards the coast of gaza, but keep in mind that rafa is really the only place where there is any existing infrastructure were buildings aren't completely destroyed. and that is precisely why the international community is worried that it would turn into a humanitarian disaster if people are once again, forced to flee from this area that have also being report so fresh is riley strikes on 11 on. can you give us an update on the situation that so 3rd ports of more strikes on both sides today. and it's following a major escalation yesterday when has the law, the notes in group based in southern lebanon, fired rockets, deeper into israel than it's usually expected. several kilometers across the board are killing one id of soldier and wounding several other people. israel responded ferociously. they staged,

they sent in drones to multiple locations across the lebanese border to intend civilians that even included several young children. israel also hit has the military posts doing several, has the law militants including a senior commander within the missing group. this has really angered the leadership and has the law and they said that israel will pay. so we're looking at a potential escalation here in the tit for tat across the border between israel and loving on. man, thanks so much for that update. i will say don't use, i mean he says are pushing from jerusalem. it's now the 1st a criminal trial of a former us president is set to go ahead next month. a new judge has rejected a bid from donald trump to have the case dismissed. the charges stem from harsh money paid to, to women before the 2016 presidential election. and the trial is now scheduled to

begin on march 25th. now of the hearing trump said the case was interfering with his presidential campaign. when we joined now by john cole, hey, and a professor of little white and the university delaware law school, welcome to the w. thank so much for joining us. now. giving harsh money is not illegal in the us, is it? but the full and the president is accused of falsifying his business records by saying that this payment was the legal fees. so can you explain to us what the legal implications are if he's found guilty of this?

of course. so falsifying business records in new york is, in most cases is just a misdemeanor. but the, the allegation here is that this amounts to a felony because if you falsified business records in connection with another crime, then it rises to the level of a felony. and the argument appears to be, although it's not a 100 percent spelled out in the indictment, but the argument appears to be that the other crime was interfering with the election. and the way that works is i have some of the evidence here. michael involves michael cohen, his former fixer transformers fixer, who apparently was told to delay paying the harsh money until after the election. so there's some evidence that uh, this harsh money payment was not only a falsified business record but was done in, in the hopes of effecting the election. and therefore it would be illegal interference with the election. and that's

a much more serious crime. okay. we had that sound bite from trump, the saying that he's pretty annoyed that one of this isn't interfering with his, his campaigning. this trump have any of the legal means to delay or get this case dismissed. not that i can see so he can not appeal the dismiss the, the refusal of the judge to throw the case out at this point. he has to wait until after the trial. so you know, well, anything could happen. and i suppose it's very unlikely that the jury selection process will not be getting on the schedule. and it looks right now as if the 1st of these, these criminal trials is going to go forward on march 25th. the motion to dismiss was based on selective by the argument of selective prosecution and a 2nd argument that they had this evidence and they kind of sat on it. those are not likely to win on appeal. the book, more importantly,

these could not be appealed until after the jury reaches a verdict. and assuming that verdict is a conviction, that's when the appeal would be appropriate. so there's no appeal right now that could be that could be launched. ok. now this is of course, one of the full criminal cases that trump is facing. um, what do we know about the evidence? i mean, it is the some kind of smoking gun and in any of these cases. yeah, well it, you know, the cases are all obviously quite different. the, the alleged smoking gun here is, as i said, if michael cohen was told to, you know, delay or put off paying the hush money until after the election. that would seem like a pretty clear case of election interference. and so that would be kind of a smoking gun. in that case. the other cases i, you know, aren't as far along. and there are attempts stomach, which will be more successful. i think to, you know,

to delay these claims until after the, you know, the 2024 election. i will have to see how those go. my guess is that the uh, the washington case based on interference with you got a election because of the events of january 6th. my guess is that that case will go forward before the election. the other 2 cases of harder to say, okay, looking ahead, if trump was to be found guilty before the next election, explain to us what that would mean to his presidential campaign. yeah, so it's interesting, there's nothing in the us constitution. surprisingly, that disqualifies a person from holding office even if they are convicted of a crime. i it's, it's kind of ridiculous if you think about it, but certainly there's enough, you know,

no evidence and pulling data to suggest that if you were convicted, he would stand almost no chance of election, but in theory, he could be elected and he could serve as president, even if he is in prison. and of course if that were the case, it would be up to the, the congress to impeach him. that would be the only way to get him out of office. john co hanging professor of lord and white in the universe state delaware law school. thank you so much for your analysis. the thank you for adding the so let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines today and police in kansas city. you say the shooting out a super bowl celebration appears to have resulted from a personal dispute between several people and mother of 2 was killed and not shooting and 22 others. what injured police say hall? the victims online is 3 people have been detained, including 2 juveniles officials in russia,

se ukrainian missile strike on the city of belgrade has killed 6 people, including one child. the strike is a shopping center now. well, the road is near the ukrainian border, and it's the latest exchange of long range via in the war. in russia, shots, 2000, the crews and ballistic missiles into ukraine. north korea says it has tested a new type of surface to see cruise missile state media published pictures showing lita controlled on the launch. he says an old career will take a more aggressive stones on disputed horses. this is killing me young 6 missile test this year. the indian government is to hold talks with farmers following mass protests, the cold. so guaranteed corrupt prices. security forces have set up road blocks to stop thousands of farmers from reaching the capital daily. similar protests, 2 years ago for the government to screw up pricing reforms. and authorities in thailand have ordered bangkok,

city employees to work from home because of high smelled levels. dangerous pollution in the capital has been 15 times higher than recommended by the world health organization. the smoke is caused by industry, heavy traffic and from double burning. for braces, parliament is due to vote on a bill. legalizing same sex marriage center, right. prime minister, korea close to me. it's a talk is, has pushed for the change with backing from left his little make has the low would make grease the 1st of the adults christian country to allow the same sex unions to a change in greece is marriage laws 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 in parliament and fingers crossed the well. um, we are planning on registering ourselves as a married couple so we can just transfer our marriage certificate over degrees. i know were interested in the kids and on 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 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 like lead to pot and despite the loud opposition,

public opinion is narrowly supportive of the change. as the dynamic evolution of society, society's progress and interpretations of the constitution must be made on the evolution of society. the arguments made a game all contrived, and the reason, in fact, to political disagreement not have any by recognizing marriage for same sex couples is not unconstitutional. and this subjection 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 seemed prospecting is fit to take place on thursday. nato defense chief $7.00 to $2.00 days of talks in brussels and a tackling the biggest challenges facing the west and the lights. secretary general in stoughton, but the us congress to push through a $60000000.00 military aid package for you trade. he also said european member

states all on track to meet the defense spending targets with ammo, running short on the battlefield. nato defense ministers of stress more needs to be done to ensure that you train has the supplies with needs. we also discussed ramping up production over munition to refill our stokes. i continue to support ukraine and we need to shift from the slow pace of peace time to the high temple production, the mountain bike conflict, a native said it was set up a training center if you train imposed in to say intelligence on fighting the russian a group of member states also wants to send 1000000 drones to ukraine and other allies, one to help clear mines in the water and country defend. she's also discussed the war with ukraine defense minister who's to move my wife and the nature ukraine council. another topic, money star book,

announced historic progress and alliance defend spending. in 202418 of the $31.00 nato allies, i estimated to achieve this subset goal or spending 2 percent of the g. d. p. $0.40 spending among them. awesome, you come us this, this the bottom, it is important to emphasize once again the job and the like 17 other countries when they change the agreed quote, rule 2 percent for the 1st time in the biggest defense spend of the us has a tense bound by congress and releasing another 60000000000 for ukraine. this is having an impact on the ground. the fact that the us has not been able to make a decision so far, how old to have consequences. it is impact thing. the floors of support of the allies are doing their best to step in but know how important the us decision is also sonya will take from all their own stokes, at the moment to send the media to, to ukraine, the aml. but we all understand that it's not enough when us will not be part of

that. so we all need this decision as soon as possible at nature headquarters. the hope for the us does not give up, wanted support for ukraine, a and some controversial comments on a so from the former us president donald trump will say loomed launch over the missing data always. terry schultz has more on house x ray general stilton. the responded, he came to this meeting, fully prepared to have to counter the trump statements that said, anyone who isn't spending enough on defense should, might as well be attacked by russia. so this was definitely hanging over the meeting here today and yesterday, and you know, this was a meeting where everybody needs to be focused on what more they can do for you praying what more they can do to deter russia. and still, most of the questions were about the support of the united states should donald trump become the next president. so this was definitely a damper on the meeting. at the same time, we did still sit,

we did still hear of more packages for ukraine from several allies and as you heard and, and get it in the direction of trumps mean targets. how much more countries are spending on their own militaries. this is a pledge that comes do this year, a 10 year pledge made in 2014, that all of them are supposed to be spending 2 percent of their gdp. and we were told at this meeting that it is now up to 18, but of course they are definitely waiting for the others to bring their militaries up to that, to that capacity as well. now the 74th button, film festival, known as the boat, and all a has opened with a traditional red carpet ceremony. over the next 10 days, hundreds of films will be competing for the golden and silver barrel. what's the melancholy is one of the wells major film festivals. it's known for mixing glitz and glamour with political statements. and this year is no exception.

the double use kind of homo is reporting from the bell and all the for us. and she told us what we can expect from the opening night as well. you can probably see it stars, things get really exciting behind me. now people have been milling around for ages to try and catch a glimpse of their favorite actor or director. and the big stars are really starting to come onto the red carpet. now i've just seen loops and young go. she is . this is jerry presidents also an oscar winner, herself. she's probably best known for her rules and black cancer and 12 years a slave. she will be in charge of selecting the winners this year. the girl and all i always choose is a celebrity for that role. last year. it was chris insurance and another big name to be looking at it for not necessarily tonight, but on choose date. martin scorsese course such a huge name and he's going to be here to receive his honorary goals and bear. that's a lifetime achievement award. and then the final really big name tonight is of

course kelly and murphy has just been nominated for an oscar for his performance and oppenheimer. and he's really the talk of the tired right now. and he's here tonight for the world, premiere of the opening film with this. here's portland ali because he's playing the lead in small things like these. they don't use kind of home over forcing that from the bell. and only now a private mission to the moon has blocked it all from the kennedy space center in florida, a 321 ignition and with the intuitive machines launched. it's odyssey us landa on a rock hits made by enough company space x. it is trying to become the 1st commercial space croft to land successfully on the moon. the aim is full or to see us to search for ortho. and what's being called a 2nd space, rice the american movie land just use

for use up to set off 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 is a new race to the moon is on the set of lights have discovered water, and it's polls the most important resource for truman 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. nasir once to build a station in the moon's all of it, 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 new protest contracts and income from space tourism china, russia and india also have moon tourism in the sites. 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 have faith rushes. lou know 25 mission crushed into a luna cradle and power green. the 1st commercial at american movie land suffered the fuel leak on self destructed over the pacific ocean. japan slim rowboat actually landed upside down the off the term in the i 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 if or this is mission is successful, us will be able to came the 1st commercial newsletter. nasa also plans to build its new schuman stepped station there. in the darkness, the luna cells called the for now so something a little bit cute, but not exact fleet cuddly. japan has officially recognized the skeleton palm the sea split as a new species. fans named the sea creature years ago off to discovering is picture online. but now scientists have actually studied the space ease, and your research paper says the white pots that look like bones are actually blood vessels and the black pods, but looked like time. those eyes are

a pass and the purpose of which however remains a mystery. is a quick reminder about top stories. this is really a special forces have and so that nasa hospital in san eunice and southern gaza. the army says it has credible intelligence that hamas kept hostages within the complex. and the task criminal trial of a former us president is due to go ahead next month. and you judge has rejected a request from donald trump to dismiss a case against him, allegedly involving costs. money paid to, to women that you are up to date. i'll be back up to the break to take you through the day. i hope you can join you for that.

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