the the, this is dw news line from berlin to you and says 3 of its peacekeepers and a translator are injured in living on winter shelf explodes nearby responsibility for the blast is unclear, which comes after val, by israel to take your friendship against the lebanese militant group has built also coming up a hostage situation in the netherlands authorities to send on the city of nita taking a suspect in the custody. after 3 people are released from an hours long night club, stand off and massive cranes arrive in baltimore to begin clearing the wreckage of the city's deadly bridge collapse. this is amy, great groups on are the workers who lost their lives in the disaster.

the i mike local, welcome. the un peacekeeping force in lebanon unit. phil says that an explosion has injured 3 of its observers and a translator. after initial reports by the bodies news agency that is real head struck is un vehicle. israel defense forces denied striking such a vehicle in the area. now the peacekeeping force says those injured were on a foot patrol when a shell struck nearby unit. phil says it's investigating the source of that shell are again, israel denies that it targeted a universal vehicle. however, the most recent statement from the united nations force says 3 of its observers, in one interpreter were injured well on foot patrol. i asked the job you bit be

rude. bureau chief mohammed shrugged route to clarify the situation. what we know so far. uh michael, is that you and the technical observers uh, we're on the mission near the blue line on the easiest wiley board when of last. ok near there. a position to un peacekeepers operating in thousands of been on uniform, confirmed the incident and said it is cutting out investigations to determine the origin of the explosion. so far, 4 people have been report to the injured, the 3 that you and foreigners ended up in these translate to close the view and condemned the incident and said, but all its missions are carried out in a coordination with all active parties on the ground. and that the vehicle have clear you and branding now, and the been on the local news agency site at a military source saying that it's and is really drawn to launched at the top onto you and the vehicle. of course the is why you the army is denied and responsibility

for the attack so far. as you will know, recent days i've seen an uptick in deadly exchanges. what are you hearing on the ground there from liberties people about where all of this might be head. it was for the 4th the 4th day. uh, in the row this front is really uh, picking detention is unprecedented. at least since the beginning of the month or from a don when this phone has been cooling down a little bit differently, but now again, it is looking on the edge of the blow off has blow. i've been fighting heavy rockets into you is really a territory and positions and india ton is relevant at targeting and whitening it's . it's targets inside the oven on reaching the because id and bottle book, which is relatively far from the nose and from its northern border. and this is a cleared extension of the use will rule of engagements between both parties. now

there is a growing field among the many is from a large cade war. most of people we talk to are very concerned about a war that the country is far from ready uh for on the financial, logistical and, and also the mental aspect of the country is going through the worst economic and financial crisis in lebanon, small done history, and barely functioning like they do, you and the government organizations is at barely able to support the citizens end up on that. so dw is a big, huge bureau chief. we'll have a chapter in many thanks are in here near of a hostage situation at a nightclub in the netherlands, has ended peacefully after a man was taken into custody. the incident happened in the town of eda in the east of the country, where 4 people were taken captive early on. saturday morning. local media reported

that the hostage taker had weapons and explosives and special police units were deployed to the popular night life. then you all for hostages, have been released. officials also said there was no indication it was tara really joining us now from brussels is our correspondent, lucio schultz, and we see that the hostage taking is over. tell us more about what happened. yeah, we have to search at a press sec. um press conference um from the prosecutor and the police a bit more details. so there has been a man that seems to have gone to this coffee, coffee place um, which is open very long in the nights. and he has um, held for people hostage that has been talk of him being armed with knives that he has also showed to the hostages. and there's always been talk of the black backpack which was being searched for and also to the place itself as being searched for so

far that has been no confirmation that they will. it's for explosives at place. this has been reported by dutch media, but as i said, this has not been confirmed as of now. and also it is unclear, the motives are unclear. it's what the prosecutor said. they're looking into this right now. and they're also looking into the mental state of the man, the man is not unknown to justice, so he has been convicted before for threats. investigators clearly still looking into this, what more, if anything, or the police say, as well as i said, they're still saying that they're looking into the case. this has been a very intense situation for everyone. and both. this is also what we heard from the may a place. so there has been a 1st call or a 1st call for help at around 5 o'clock in the morning and then the situation has been going on until just about an hour ago. so it's been very intense hours. um it

is on t a. what if there is any personal relation between the victims of the hostages and, and the man. but everyone right now seems to be released at the situation, has been resolved peacefully and there will be further investigation to to follow up right now dw, lucy chilton in brussels. really appreciate it. let's go to the us city of baltimore now where work is getting underway. to clear the wreckage of the francis scott key bridge, which collapse after being rammed by a freighter earlier this week. heavy lift floating cranes have now arrived in the harbor to begin what local officials say will be a daunting clean up operation. this massive clean the biggest on the us east coast capable of lifting a 1000 tons. it's part of the heavy duty equipment being brought in to clear the

wreckage of the baltimore cambridge the process is expected to take several months. and one of the challenges is that the key bridge which sits on top of the best. so right now that that weight is somewhere between $3.40 tons. so our team needs a cut that trust in the sections in a safe and responsible and in an efficient way before can lift those pieces out of the water. this crane that we're looking at is massive. the thing we also know is this is a challenge ahead of us. as more than a 1000 engineers have been deployed to assess the wreckage piece by piece and to figure out how to remove it. so far, the bodies of 2 construction workers have been recovered. so jeff,

let's continue to retrieve 4. are those still missing and presumed dead? all 6 men, what else? relaxing the american heritage and immigrant advocacy groups have phone of the victims. instead, the critical role of immigrant workers in the us, new country where any drugs are offering them or not from the floor of the general assembly to the house of congress. here we are remind once again about the nerve, most contribution that they meet runs make to this country how together we us more workforce. we build this country on top of the human tragedy is the financial impact of this disaster. experts, it a new bridge would take us to complete and cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

a brief look now at some of the other stories making news. police have rated the home it proves president dean able to walk there at the request of the attorney general's office. they are searching for an undisclosed collection of luxury watches as part of an ongoing corruption investigation. blue walk day has been criticized by officials for attempting to delay an appearance before a court. hope frances has skipped the traditional way of the cross easter ceremony at rooms colosseum. that again says the last minute decision was due to concerns for his health. earlier in the day, frances presided over good friday mass at saint peter's basilica. the 87 year old pontiff is reportedly battling a case of the flu. a turkey goes to the poles on sunday in nationwide local elections that are being seen as a barometer of political sentiment. president richard piper to one is seeking to recapture the economic powerhouse of stumble,

which he's conservative and religious justice and development party. last 5 years ago to a secular opposition party dw correspondent julia han reports from turkeys. largest city. there is an old saying and talk. each politics wins a stumbling winds, tucking the country's largest city and commercial heart is home to nearly 16000000 people about a feast of photography electorate. 5 years ago, president bridget plenty of ad one and is moving is allow me conservative ac last eastern boot of your position. now they want to say good and we will work hard, day and night and god willing on april 1st. this number will be reunited with its owners. our goal is to add one isn't even running into selection,

but you wouldn't know we'd listening to his support as i am with tie, a better one until i die, god willing we will win the leader of the entire world. he stands up to everyone. ad one has been using his own popularity to support the a key piece candidate for my environment minister more that call them a symbols, elections are not just about who will be the next man. the outcome is also possible for president ad one. this is the city where he grew up and where he launched his political career as mayor in the 1990. it's also where he sold the west political defeats office to decade rule because of this man a crim e, mom lou from the secular opposition. c h p is stumbles, incumbent mia?

back in 2019 a managed ssl team possible. he won the city hall and a heavily contested, repeat an action against ad one's candidates. a devoted to mano into an instance. vigorous hope for the opposition today. he's why he sees as the main line of credit and add one political scientist back, as some tells me. where were a, when is the metal seats in this dongle has access to enormous amounts of public resources, employees, tens of thousands of people and gains, a national platform to conduct politics. so a molar can win this election. most likely he's headed for becoming the main contented for the presidency against as long she mama, lose re election campaign has been focused on easing the cities, chronic traffic problems. it's making it simple, safer, given the major earthquake risk and region. but he's also faced with growing

poverty among the cities rather than mainly because of the government's failure to bring soaring installation of the control. although the elections are local, the stakes are high for the may no position party. this is really a crucial action because if they were to lose a stumble and quite possibly own cut off, then they are, the voters are going to be the motor life and probably lose much hope of and see think i've gone through the ballot box and that is really going to almost coordinate add on for the foreseeable future, and that he will remain as the president of the country until he basically quits pulled. ethics poll suggests the vote in houston who will be a close run the fast a consequential rates. not just for the c t, but for turkeys future and we will end it there. up next doc, she'll tell us the story of a syrian refugee who's now the mayor of a german town,

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