the, the, this is the, the news coming to live from berlin, demands for an investigation into how scores of guys, ins died, trying to get access to a shipment from us blames is really troops for opening fire. israel says most of the dead were trampled in a stampede. now the united nations wants to know exactly what happened. also coming out of the day of alex, a nevada and these funeral relatives of the kremlin critic faced the fight to lay him to rest. as russian authorities continued to block efforts for a public ceremony. and as a read hold collections. but for these have a fight on their hands, getting voters to the ballad,

mom's the little m terry martin, thanks for joining us. united nations secretary general, antonio good parish says a deadly a distribution incident. and guys, a requires an effective independent investigation. the homeless run goes, a health ministry said more than a 100 people were killed when is really soldiers open fire and your crowd surrounding an aide. con boy israel blaine's a desk on a stem. p. thursday's incident added to a palestinian death toll which the cause of the health ministry says has risen to over $30000.00. these aerial images have been released by israel's military. it says the show palestinians in gaza city running towards it, trucks in the early hours of thursday morning presenting in

a deadly stampede. it for $45.00. for you mob ambush the a trucks bringing that con void to a halt. as you can see in this video, the tags that were there to secure the condo boy sees the goes on to being trampled and cautiously tries to disperse the mob with a few warning shots, the winds that hundreds became thousands and things got out out of and the tank commander decided to retreat to avoid harm to the cells of gauze that were there. these real defense forces operate according to the rules of engagement and the international know id if the strike was conducted towards the 8 can avoid the how much trend health ministry in gaza has presented a different version of events saying more than 100 civilians was shot dead by is

really troops. while waiting for aid eye witnesses said that some drug drivers tried to escape the is really fire, causing deaths and injuries. and some of the wounded said they were hit by. is there any gunshots? by the, by, after they stop shooting. we went back to get our aide. by the time i got flour and some canned goods and took it down from the truck, they shot at us. if you want to get us a this way, then you might as well not bring anything. the us says it's trying to establish exactly what happened and that the incident underscore is the need to expand the supply of humanitarian aid into gaza. 2 things are clear. one, just in the aerial footage. you can look at that and, and right away, conclude the situation is incredibly desperate. and that tells you that we need to do more to get him out of term system. so and then the 2nd thing is that too many palestinians died today,

as has been through far too many days since october 7th. and so that's why we continue to push for a temporary cease fire agreement. president joe biden has worn that it could complicate the negotiations under way between israel and home us to reach a temporary hold in the fighting. it'll be, of course, but a ton to kramer has been following the story from jerusalem. a short while ago i asked her if we're any closer to knowing what really happened during that a distribution instant. i know we don't know because uh these are still the conflicting reports. uh that though we are getting uh there. i mean, there has been reactions from across the world to this, you know, uh, worksheet is expressing the whole wrong concern over what happened there. now, with this is, yesterday, we're saying that his shots were fired from the is really military. when people approach those a trucks that were coming in the conway from the south pausing a check point to the north. and that caused this to impede that people were running

away in panic. and also, you know, the trucks trying then to, to move away while the is where the military has denied this time 9. they've been saying it was for a system, pete, and then they were also these warning shots being fired, a hearing now cause cause for a so investigation into this incident. but it underlines um the really dia, extremely dire situation of people that they have to basically afford to, to get to, to those 8 convoys. and this comes, of course, of to days of warning by many of the humanitarian act as united nations. who are, you know, trying to distribute food, they're saying that that are having difficulties to reach the noise. and that is an extremely difficult situation for people that the noise to get to any supplies bid for food or water,

or whatever else. the usaa saying that so one clear lesson from this tragedy is that more a must be sent into gaza. is that something is real, would agree to but it's really, i think, would say that what we've been hearing it from uh, officials, uh that they're letting in enough aid. and that, you know, that is this bottleneck around the crossings. and that on the other side, a trucks are not being moved caused fast enough by the united nations, by those organizations dealing with the distribution, no of the 8 organization thing, the multiple obstacles for them to, to do so, and it's extremely difficult. the main concern is indeed, you know, getting the trucks also to what's the northern part of the gaza strip and that there's simply not enough age coming in. he's been seeing this week. the

countries have resorted to dropping 8 supplies and medical supplies food from the air that mainly reached a southern and central gaza strip. and the also calls by the humanitarian organizations to open another. crossing mainly the crossing in the north. the arrows crossing which was partially have the damage during the october 7th attacks . to open this one to have a more direct way to going into a new within a garza tony. thank you very much. that was d w, as tanya kramer interest to i'll explain to bonnie's funeral is expected to take place in moscow today. the vocal putting critic died in a died on february 16th in prison, where he was being held on what supporters of called politically motivated charges . authorities are already being deployed, or rather security forces are being deployed at the church where and of all the ceremony will take place. police arrived in buses throughout the morning and set up

barriers blocking the street leading up to the side. several churches reportedly refused to hold services of opposition. active is believed that the kremlin took steps to complicate the bonds burial in order to avoid a public ceremony out of fear that it could trigger a street protest. let's go straight up to over to dw, is there any rush? that's how he joins us from re go from where he's been reporting since russian authorities close down dw as moscow bureau. really, there's been a lot of confusion surrounding the preparations for of all these funeral. what can you tell us about it at this point? so all of all of this funeral will always going to take place in the model, you know, district on most go. that's why as in a while they used to live the toe to ceremony is planned for 2 o'clock noon, most cold time off the beach. he will be battery at the reports of last night from his colleagues of allegedly,

none of the moscow funeral companies will willing to chunk spots in the volume. his body as a funeral companies will allegedly warn him to not to do so. at many, often of all is support us. i expect that's to grieve today. and of all his team has called on russians across the country to lay flowers at the monuments for the political, the persecuted people to pay. the last respects to the only um, reportedly this has been happening in some status since of this morning. apparently novel is still hasn't many support this across russia, as it has been some confusion. terry, you mentioned it to both of the exact place of the funeral. it's not the photo stein visit often or thought it does have played a cat and mouse game and kept to the details of the funeral secret until the last moment. we also saw this as the funeral of the goal is in the hands of the wagner studies, of course, is because of a fee of protest. and they also wants to pay as little attention as possible to have all this funeral for obvious reasons what it meant by the year 2021. when the

voluntary tubs, the most cost is blaine was even re direct. that from one must go airport to another shortly before landing, so that this few people as possible to, to welcome bill, nevada, these widow eulley novels. no said she didn't know whether the funeral would be peaceful. what does she mean by that? you're a, what might happen as well, so obviously means that they protest, so that's good to take a place today and the volleyball. so the only russian petition who has minutes to mobilize masses of people onto the streets in recent years, sauls and of russians over the country, followed him for the peace call for the call of his team. even though this time as far as i know, his team didn't call for protest, the director of his onto corruption foundations, donal sad to the the highest priority for him. his people that of course, 1st and foremost of all his family is to the funeral. but to no one can guarantee

that to the one to be under trouble. often. now, in 2 weeks, russia will hold as presidential election. everything points to get another term for protein. what could that mean for the calls the volley had been fighting for in what remains of the opposition during well, i think of all is best and we'll certainly not be able to stop shooting 3 election uh, off the old. the russian president is very popular despite everything's your task or thanks to everything he does, and monkeys, fans as it west may criticize him about in his own country. the prospect is there still popularity. writings are 65 percent. that's a lot and then that is something else that re, um, as disappointing as this may solve, to support us less than democracy. russians haven't only long since become and used to put in, but also to the harshness of the russian states. and also, unfortunately, to the fact that the people who think differently, politically,

sometimes simply die and it is taught whole political indifference in russia, actually most people say politics, elections, nothing for me. really thank you very much. that was dw, is your chateau enrica sketchup. on a few other stories making headlines around the world today, at least 45 people have been killed in the banquet, actually capital doc after a massive fire tour through downtown shopping mall, dozens more were injured firefighters say the fire broke out in a popular restaurant and quickly spread other areas of the 6 story building is still not clear what caused the blaze. protestors of occupied a forest outside the german capital, berlin to block the expansion of a as little factory. u. s. company wants to boost production to a 1000000 electric vehicles a year for viral mental activist wants to protect the local woodland and drinking

water supply. event to store poll boat has been banned from football for 4 years. the midfielder tested positive for test test, test around after a match. last august 30 year old pub both said the utility and anti doping tribunals. verdict is wrong and he plans to appeal. barbara won the world cup with france in 2018. folding stations have opened in the room where voters are casting ballots from members of parliament and key religious party called the assembly of experts. this year's election is seen as a measure of public sentiment toward iran's establishment following mass protests that began in 2022. authorities are hoping for a big turn out. unlike the last parliamentary elections in 2020, that pole saw the lowest turnouts since the 1979 is low. make visible revolution around is in the middle of an economic crisis and has been racked by protest of the,

the signs are everywhere and the messaging is clear, you're on has been scrambling to boost voter turnout ahead of friday's election. it's introducing electronic voting and several cities. and the number of female candidates vying for a seat is more than double what it was in the last problem entry election in 2020. but the government's efforts appear to be falling on deaf ears. my shock bye. presently, i will not take part in this election without this because the results of the last 2 elections would not good to you on the schools. now the term, the biggest problem with the election is the people's lack of trust in parliament, of political distrust and an ailing economy have helped fuel voter apathy. although the elections are seen as a crucial barometer for legitimacy. the government's own surveys show participation will be well below 50 percent. friday's vote includes polls for members of

parliament, and the assembly of experts will have the power to appoint who runs supreme leader . the country system of pre approve and candidates has led to mass disqualifications and the removal of true choice, according to critics of the current hard line government. you know, you don't even know. yeah. into all the time. the word election is completely meaningless. it should be called an anti election or non election road. and the good bottom of the election is rejected by the people and these lumnick republic, and you don't sell it to them, but not doing that for sure. the memory of mazda many is also casting a long shadow over this years boat. the 22 year old curtis iranian died after she was taken into police custody for allegedly violating the islamic dress code that led to wave of mass protests against the hid job law. and other social issues

in 2022. the movement was violently crushed by authorities. but the demands for change and an end to these logic republics rule injure with more of the election. i spoke earlier with sarah buzz, who, bundy, she's a very corey fellow at the giga institute ability studies. in hamburg. i asked her how much of a problem, a low turnout, low voter turnout would be for the government and the selection. or yes, it definitely is a serious problem because the, maintaining an image for the government is quite important. the iranian government has invested a lot and it's information war. and the policy is it has invested lots in this course. money relations has invested a lot in portraying itself as a legitimate and one to the popular government. it has used ideological uh, uh, cards. it has used political cards. it has basically tried every trick and its arsenal to maintain that image and it's quite important for them,

especially for example, in the report was mentioned that the number of women in this selection and abrupt being candidates in this election is increased rights oft us. that this is all stressed of violence crackdown of 2020. this is a desperate attempt by the governments to shift the narrative to change its image. especially because at the global level this is very important for them. tell us so more about why voters are reluctant to participate in the selection. i am again a lot of research to the wonderful report that you had put together earlier, the people on the streets and to run and type set that's there is an, a complete loss of trust and hope in change. so basically the one of the key slogans during that cost rounds of uprising in 2022. and before that was down with the regime, the people want a regime change. it means that they have no hope. they say no prospect of june

change in the current system and they are demonstrating this loss of pope and lack of a trust in the government in their very evident political equity and not attending to the ballot points. because regardless of what, who ever they vote, the situation has just always got was, you know, we had, since president caught me, we had several internal in a single 5 thing within the internal. and it's going to need to be around the so called conservative comp versus the so called reform this time. and then the honey came, he is ended himself as a moderate pri magic president. i've been much miss on the elections around that so, but nothing has changed. the rhetoric of the regime has not changed. their strategic planning has not changed. they prioritize, they, sion, of financial resources has not changed. and so people see no point in taking part

in that actions are report also mentioned the death of mazda armine and the government crackdown that followed that how does all of that factor into this election? is it still an issue? is it still in voters mines? of course it's is this um, you know, if people are not on the streets, i to be protesting like they wear in 2022. it doesn't mean that the problems are sold. and this is only, in my opinion, not a temporary silence because of the why is your largest scale violence, correct on that was used by the government during those protests. and none of those issues have been addressed. still the issue of his job and the issue of women and the issue of personal private lives, of uranium citizens and their personal choices in their lives is, is still controlled by the government in various forms and shapes from the internet

controlled to surveillance. the right of access to public spaces on their, their own personal attire. so none of these have to add all so you know, there are lots of corruption for example, only a few weeks before this election. a group that is, according to microsoft, a group called i need a cyber, a group have a hacked, supposedly the files and records of the, even in court system over the past. the, as a result, the lots of i'm, but you know that the documents that, that have actually shown that the scale of volume and to use in, during those protests was even for some people have a stroke. and it also revealed a lot of corruption. and you know, scandals and by those ment, fraudulent activity is lots of public assets, lots of public funds. so people have none of these issues have been as result in

the eyes of the people and they have no hope that it's this measurements or this council of experts will be able to change or winning for that matter to change any of these. so thank you very much for your analysis. that was sarah bowser bundy, from the giga institute of middle east studies. so to the us where immigration is heating up as a key issue leading up to this year's presidential election, there's been a surge and illegal crossings at the us mexico border present, joe biden, and as possible opponent former present. donald trump made competing trips to the border in texas. trump met with republican governor, greg abbott, an eagle pass the center of a state lead crackdown on an authorized migrant. some 400 kilometers away. president fine met with border officials in brownsville. dw corresponded benyamin elder as gruber was in brownsville for jo biden's visit.

so the waiting for president bite and the head of his 2nd for the trip since taking office because we want to support president biden and show him that we are behind him in his efforts to improve the situation at the border. i wanted to support these visits and discussion about fixing these issues that affect all of us, whether you're republican or democrat. 7 across the street, a group of protesters, pro immigration border organizations turned out to support migrants and asylum seekers into voice disappointment with the presidents, the schedule. we feel that it's a missed opportunity for him not to meet with community organizations to hear our perspective about what's happening at the border, how to handle immigration in a way that is compassionate. and that leads with our values biden's motorcade is made with child, so listen up, we're still in

a fight activist. say that regardless of who is in charge in washington dc. the problems here on the ground remain in the last 20 years. we've had a different, you know, congress has change the white house change, we have the supreme court change, but integration remains the same. we use the same poster boards of protests 10 years ago today. it's the same demands, the same as of the migration hotspot might have shifted away from brownsville. but this board of town has seen its impact up close vis you are is one of the entry points here in brownsville, texas. the place of president biden visited today. he is under pressure not just from democrats and migration activist, but also from republicans who try to pin an increase of our regular migration is a failure of bite in era policy. at the same time, democrats are saying the republicans have no interest in solving this issue to keep

this front and central until the presidential elections in november. i spoke about this earlier with the w reported william glue croft. i asked him if by managed to score some political points with his visit to the border while i see that report we just heard from our colleague was really fantastic. it really hit hit everything right on the head about all the problems there and the frustrations because we heard that that, that active is talking about how this has been a problem for decades in the united states. not a democratic problem is not a republican problem. it's not any one presidents problems. this has been a failure of the american political system to get immigration under control with both parties depending who's in power at the time using it as a means to attack the other side. so this is just the next iteration in both sides, in this case, in the form of joe biden, that donald trump trying to score political points with their particular camps. whether it has any effect or not. i think this is one small piece of

a much larger migration immigration border security campaign question. as we head into the general election in 2020 of this year 2024. the former president trump was at the border at exactly the same time. an eagle pass, texas doing his own event, obviously not a coincidence. what do you make of that william or right. definitely not. of course, as i think there's no coincidence isn't politics much like in life. of course you'd have to talk to their schedule is their campaign schedule is a to know that for sure, but it's just purely a stage to bend to show a split screen of joe biden. and donald trump bite. and according to polls is very vulnerable to migration, and the republican supposedly donald trump want to make that an issue to try to, you know, hold that against joe biden and be able to, when i, in, in, in november elections. but the, by the administration job by that his campaign are trying to turn the tables by showing that actually republicans are the ones blocking any kind of meaningful

reform on immigration. so it's going to be very interesting if democrats are able to succeed in changing the messaging, republicans are excellent on messaging. they always seem to outbox democrats when it comes to messaging on, on a number of issues. we'll see if the democrats have better luck this time. waiting, thank you very much. that was the w, william blue croft and we end with a success story from snow. a scandinavia scientists to norway have boosted the numbers of rare arctic foxes. climate change has left the endangered species struggling to find enough to eat, and the wild population was down to around just 40. but the feeding stations have now lifted the count to more than 500 without program the animals could have been facing extinction. researchers are still warning that it's too early to know if the species has been saying

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