simmering 2nd front israel's confrontations with the rainy and back hezbollah 11 on daily cross border showing as cost severe destruction on both sides of the border and forced tens of thousands of people to flee months into the fighting. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is now ramping up the rhetoric and stoking fears of a wider conflict as israel's allies in washington. warren, that would only harm is rarely security. we ask, is the conflict between has the law and israel going to escalate. nicole fairly in berlin and this is the day i the wrong proxy because by law have increased broke it drone and multiply against these attacks of coals, significant fires. it's more yesterday the land was burning here and i'm glad you

put it out. but the ground was also on fire and 11 on israel's northern residents. tens of thousands of evacuated will not live under such threats. a granite has a strong defense on readiness for an offensive. we're approaching a decision point and we are prepared for very strong action in the north. that's important. also on the day a look at how european voters are cooling on green policies despite the earth climates heating up. 2019 climate change while it's really important, according to europe or me to data. this time it's cost of living, it's peace and the warren ukraine, that it's more in the voters minds. welcome to the program. we begin tonight with a conflict between has vala and israel is really leaders has stepped up their rhetoric and recent days warning that the army is preparing for an offensive along

the northern border with 11 on the are on back to militant group. has the law begin firing rockets as israel immediately after the him off terror attacks last october . and recent weeks attacks have increased with has blah rocket sparking massive wildfires in northern israel. many of the homes close to the border has been evacuated for months due to the conflict, tens of thousands of people who fled the region have no idea when they will be able to return home. and these really government is under increasing pressure and to restore security in northern israel. but does that mean an escalation in the conflict with has bla is imminent, is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu visited areas affected by the fires today and issued a clear warning to has more a mr. close or anyone who thinks they can hurt us. and we will sit idly by them making a big mistake and that we have prepared for

a very intense operation in the north, but the one way or another. we will restore security to the know us. i know who knows in the be the home. i'm drawing now by political analyst and commentator ronnie shaka, in very rude. he's a host of the bayard bonnie on podcast which covers modern lebanese history. ronnie, so good to have you on the show now. and then ya says that israel is prepared to act against has blah power. those comments being viewed in lebanon for better or worse. this type of tension along the lebanese is really border, is familiar terrain. and this isn't the 1st time it is really prime minister has threatened further escalation. i think it's also important to remember that since october 8th, a day after they've tober 7 tragedy began, has butler's calculations in south lebanon against is really interested in northern israel. have also been extremely cautious. so i, in my assessment is that despite the bluster, despite the threats,

this is still air full, calculated to a degree escalation, but nothing that's nothing that's not familiar. and the reason i'm using this word, it's because for a long time now for decades, south lebanon has been a battlefield. at times of quiet times, it's like today, which means there's a battlefield that's being leveraged now, how it's being leveraged as a story in itself. but as well as calculations in 2024 are very different. that has been those calculations in the 19 ninety's, but for that matter, in 2006, i think one of caution i think is actually extending despite of being 8 months into this conflict. at how has, has been changed over the years and where does it stand now? so that's a great question. uh, how does the laws influence and live in on? is that an all time high as well as leverage, i guess, is real as an all time low. and the reason i frame it this way is because today

everyone's interest and 11 on are more important than hezbollah, as local affairs. or even for that matter, has bellows on the calculated interest. a room does not seem willing to let go of its crown jewel. it's crown jewel is husbands on his brothers leverage from good up and on. it seemed stop until now. despite this group, having an enormous amount of swaying influence on local lebanese affairs. and despite of being able to at times veto political decisions, but have less to do with its security decision making. and despite its capabilities that are known to lebanese, has butler's actions against israel are unfamiliar being that this is the palestinian cause. this is the result that for this substrates militia and loving on and has been acting extremely. i'll use this word carefully, pragmatic medic, for a militia not pragmatic for any other liberties political party. this is a group that stands on its own and loving on, and that it has substrate military capabilities,

but has been the right now despite the escalation, despite the threats from the is really citing. you're right. nothing. yeah. who is threatening action up until now it seems like for better or worse, this is the usual and 11. uh, yeah. the tell us more about as well as id all a g, a is viewed as a terrorist organization at least in part by the us, by germany and several other countries. so what does has bla wants and how far have they been willing to go until now? to get it, i appreciate that question. i think it's a complicated question and what has been the ones on local lebanese issues may not always match what iran wants from husband law, but up until october 7, 2024. to put it in perspective. the south was fairly quiet to the point that a maritime deal live is negotiated between 11 on and israel, of course, then directly. but hezbollah was on board. we have

a maritime deal with these residues. that's the kind of claim it has. bullet can succeed in as well. so i, i doubt right now the interest for hezbollah is all out war with israel. it seems more like what you run needs from that group. what it needs may not actually be at the, at the same time what lebanon can handle. and the reason i say that also is because the lebanese economy crashed me. lebanese politics is paralyzed. we haven't had a president for the better part of nearly 2 years or more. we have a caretaker prime minister. we have a care taker, government, and we have a country that's increasingly unfamiliar in terms of safety. local violence is on the rise. this may not be good for has been the long term, but it may actually be better for everyone in the short term, meaning that they have gained something which is quite unusual. a substrate, melissa and lebanese paula to, that's a bitch level of security. help save the regime from crumbling,

train iraq, you substrate militias and get involved in human when necessary. in addition to all the stories that come out from this group in south america, be a drug trade and everything at how a proxy militia can survive 34 years after the civil war ended at an all time high for its weaponry, foot survivability. so it's an unusual circumstance. i think that the law at the end of the day it's to live in the state that pays the heaviest, told because the state is, is wobbling today. yeah. now, with, with these threats coming out of israel and, and you know, the battlefield that you talked about before in the south. heating up more and more since october, the 7th or 8th, the day after um, an all out war is on people's mind and has the lot went to war with israel in 2006, i want to know from you what impact that had on lab and on in 2006 did

several things it showed that has been le can, if it deems necessary across the border and kidnap is really soldiers and until a few as well and enter a month long conflict with israel. that is no referred to as the july work. it can also accept under duress a security council resolution like 170117. 0 one and did that or it created the ceasefire. that still exists today on paper at least. but it says it's a resolution that didn't, has lebanese sovereignty, at least on paper. and 17 o one also did other things. it expanded unit feels presence unit. so it begins in 1978 under resolution $4.00 to $5.00. and 2006. we have 17, a one that, if not mistaken, 3 full increase in unit field troop presence in the south. and it also did something which i don't think has been the wanted. then, in terms of how the were played out, is that the lebanese army for the 1st time since the civil war returned to the south prior to 2006, there was no lebanese,

by me presence in south lebanon despite israel's withdrawal. in may 2000, so the lebanese army is their unit. phil is there and as well as they are right now . if you fast forward, it seems like the terms of engagement, meaning how this plays out and the long term piece will be hezbollah and israel are being honed and i doubt this is a call for all out. for me, this is actually more familiar of how cease fires were conducted in the 19 ninety's and it's less to do with 2006. and the reason i say that is because his butler is not under drew us the way it was in august 2006, 117. no one was acceptable to husband. spell those favor actually this time around is one of the leverage i think. and enhancing may be what yvonne would like to get out of a regional deal that has yet to emerge. mm. how, how big is, of course, you know, iran is, has the last biggest backer. how big is there?

leverage does, has blood do whatever iran says, or is there, are there frictions among leaderships and, and can, has the law say, you know, this is a bridge too far? this is not something that we're willing to do. how far can they, can they work in their own accord? great question. there are local issues that matter to that group in lebanon, and don't really matter to evolve. and there may actually be a times friction from security effort. this is you wouldn't imagine whether it's a wrong or even the said reason, actually to, to go all the way here, the said regime as it regains control in syria. mino always see eye to eye with husbands presence in syria and may seek leverage on smart and loving on. they know that might may not be satisfactory to his butler may be too eager on long term. so there's always a natural friction. but in terms of the, the capabilities and the military interest and the security security of the iranian

regime, as well as a 100 percent and alignment on the lebanese front, i don't think has been less happy with the economic crush. i don't think husband was happy with the presidential vacuum or may not be happy that it's pick for the president has not been acceptable. but that's i think local friction that may be a wrong may not husband look to reconsider. but at the end of the day, local interests for that group and how it survives, among other lebanese actors that are just marked, but i think is as well as terrain less what iran looks at when it comes to 11 on. but in the bigger picture, it is clear, this is a bronze mirror reflection. it is a substrate group that manages it is born out of the 1980s. it increases rather than decreases its presence to become sophisticated really involved and regional wars that play out largely new runs favor. and it seems to be shielded for the time being shielded from international curiosity and how to end this kind of lip. and

this kind of nightmare, at least when it comes to the lebanese geographic battlefield, that i'm, fortunately for too long, we as a people have been paying the price for. yeah. how has this latest uptake and in violence and intention, especially in the south, been experienced by communities living on the 11 east side of the border over a 100000 southern lebanese, or out of their homes? lubbock south lebanon is a war zone. even though it is, it is so familiar to be in the capital overlapping on the bay roads and almost feel like you're not in a word zone. but then you're reminded with flyovers with the sound and occasion of a sonic boom. or for that matter, more recently, watching the news of something that's happening kilometers away. there is, there is a serious concern. does this could escalate at any time, but it's a stark difference from 2006 when over night. overnight 11 on was

engaged. it's almost its entire geography engaged in war bridges, being born power plants being bombed, the institutions breaking down in the middle of war. and of course, over a 1000000 southern lebanese pushed out of their homes that summer. it has not reached that level yet. but i agree with the premise and that the threat of escalation should be taken seriously. even when up until now. it doesn't seem like a ron wants a full out for but they should be taken seriously. and for that reason alone, international engagement should be focused on how to end this nightmare rather than kicking the can down the road, which seems to be the preferred stabilization policies that keeps living on a battlefield. but brings back a semblance of quiet for years until the next round of war was ronnie shut up in bare room. thank you so much for those fascinating, very thoughtful insights. my pleasure are

the here in germany, authorities in the south are battling the aftermath of severe flooding. at least 6 people died after several rivers burst their banks following days of heavy rain. among them was a firefighter who was killed during a rescue operation, and the bavarian city of regensburg the water level of the daniel river is still at 6 meters and a double what it normally is, parts of the river, right. a major shipping route remain close to cargo ships as well, and the situation does appear to be easing with water level slowly receding and no more heavy rain forecast for the time being assigned to say that severe flooding events are becoming more frequent worldwide because overheating, planets the use copernicus, climate change service that last month was the hottest may on record and the 12 straight monthly record high. and the u. n. 's,

whether agency now says there's an 80 percent chance of the increase in average global temperatures will surpass the $1.00 celsius degree target laid out in the paris climate accord within the next 5 years. and one of the main issues at stake in the upcoming european elections is precisely climate change. in the last 2 elections, green parties have their best showing. everett largely attributed to climb and protests across the continent. they picked up 71 seats in the you, parliament. but according to an organization called europe elect, green parties are forecast to in just 54 seats in this year's election. here we use rosie verger, it has a closer look at the frustration felt by many young green partners, supporters here in germany. it was stopped the green ways in 2019 must claimant protests across the continent helped propel more green politicians

than ever before toward seats. i think you're repeating parliament but fast forward 5 years. and these protests against screen farming rules are the ones making most headlines and germany. the strong hold of green politics in europe is now also the heartland of a so called green clash. you have, you have managed to vote for the greens, but those days are definitely over. they didn't take citizens into consideration committees. their political focus is really on the collage of police. she's not on social ones, and is with european elections, approaching green candidates at this. riley and southern germany, se claimant friendly policies are becoming a tougher cell. so it's like it's the central question of our time. we can no longer talk about prosperity and security and remain silent about the climate crisis. however, we, greens must be aware in some areas we've moved a little too quickly. over the past 5 years to europe and union has rolled out a raft of world leading laws aimed at slashing emissions from running up renewable

energy targets to a planned phase out of combustion engine. cars, green parties help help to drive this unprecedented transformation, but it's not. they're expected to lose seats in blo quite elections in 2019 climate change while it's really important, according to europe or me to data. this time it's cost of living, it's peace and the warren ukraine. that's more in the voters minds. probably a lot of the losses will come from germany. but we also have other countries like ireland to where we currently see some of the other brains. green parties may make some breakthroughs in central and eastern europe, but as more mainstream parties trying to call back votes from the reaches of the far right. know a smaller and future green policies may be the 1st up for compromise. the mood has changed. so also the centrist part, that is perhaps not that and so was yes, take any more about pushing forward with the european great deal. i wouldn't see a big, big things of that. lots of things that have been agreed upon over the past term

would be dismantled. and that's the climate crisis as such, that we needs further policies. so that's might become more difficult to actually push forward the use executive and say it's committed to keeping claimants, policy on truck and pull so many voters, especially be young still haven't appetites for green rules in principle. but putting them into practice is proving politically complex. unlike voters will disliked of 2019 as green wave will be reduced to trickle 54321. ignition and lift off the star line or an atlas fide to american here it was boeing star line or blasting off from cape canaveral today in

a storing 1st for the airplane manufacturer. boeing launch 2 asked are not into space on its own spacecraft. after 3 delays, the star line or capsule is headed to the international space station now in the bush, wilmore and sunni williams on board. this is just the 6th type of us made spaceship to find out the astronauts beyond or and for more we can now cross over to keith cowan. he's the editor of nasa watched on common joins is for a washington good to see you again. keep rocket science is a notoriously difficult field, but this co star layer launch comes at decade later than planned. what exactly went wrong here? yeah, it's kinda late, isn't it? so it's like anything they say rocket science is hard. well sometimes it is. sometimes it isn't. it in this case here, and there are 2 companies that united states chose to do. this one was space x,

the other was boeing, boeing's, and establish company, the billing spacecraft for decades space. the ex was a new company, they hit the ground running and they had their spacecraft up running and it's been, it's long, dozens of flights, no problems blowing at problems. they've spent more than a 1000000000 and a half on top of things. it's many years late. the 1st couple of flights didn't go all too well, but today 2 people got in the spacecraft and they are safety and outer space and the big smiles on the face at the end of the day in the space we're. that's what's important because it happens. but still boeing, wind in this raise with more experience, how come space x over top them as well? you know, it's interesting space. x has a history that comes from silicon valley. very consumer oriented where for example, like, you know, you have an iphone and this thing is forwarded backwards compatible. it's designed for software that doesn't exist yet,

and the next model will build upon this and sometimes the cases or identical my point being is that a consumer product, it's designed to be upgrade, used and prolonged. and it's designed to sell cheaply and economically. space x has many customers, they have the nice it's government, they have private companies, the yeah, all sorts of companies buying their services and they're watching a bigger rocket tomorrow. for boeing, even though they were paid to do this commercially, they only have one customer and it's nasa. and uh, you don't see people try to buy rides on the boeing spacecraft, but the space x one people then buying rides for, for 5 or 6 years. now. all comes down to your, your frame of mind, your idea of how to save money to make money flowing was, was guaranteed by all the other business. it has to not lose money. space ex different boeing has been in the headlines recently for problems with this aircraft

though. would you at this point feel confident boarding the star lighter to the i ss. yeah. i yes it a one of the people in their study williams is a friend of mine. so i was a little nervous like everybody else, but i would have gotten there in a heartbeat. all right. they have and you mentioned it there. boeing a been a titan of the space industry for a long one. can you tell us about the role the company has played in space exploration over the years as well? boeing is blocked, many of its competitors. it blocked mcdonald douglas, and it bought rockwell international where i used to work when we built the space shuttles. and i could walk around the big buildings and see left overs from the apollo moon shift. so the companies you see today are an amalgam, or a comp, a combination of many of the companies in the past. but either together or, you know, separately they go back half a century and more. they're the, the, the original titans of the space industry. but we have new titles that we have

space x, be a blue origin and a whole bunch of other companies. so with all this competition and the bad rep that boeing has been getting recently, how much is riding on the star line or for the company? well, you know, in the world that you and i work in where we talk about things and we try and you know, say is this related to that? there's a perception with boeing that they need it or when they hear the good news day and they, they've certainly got one that with the spacecraft as exactly what it's supposed to do and it's to happy people flying inside of it. so as soon as it does, it's thing it comes back um, you know, you shouldn't argue with success when, when something works. it works. as far as boeing's giant corporate structure. i wouldn't want to be the head of the public affairs right now because i think they got a difficult road to hold just to you know, reestablish this. you know, people watching spaceship take off or can be more happy or by applying it to jack

because of that, let's put it out. all right, and we're happy you're not at boeing because you probably wouldn't have time to talk to us. that was the editor of nasa watch, keith kelly, always great speaking to you and of course, all the best to your friend on their way to face right now. my pleasure. us. and that's our time, but make sure to stay informed. stay engaged and stay in touch. if you want, you can follow our team on social media. our handle there is at studio in is if it's the latest headlines you're looking for. there is of course, always our website. that's d w dot com for now though from the entire team here on the day. thank you so much for spending part of your day with us. by the

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