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the feel. go into the program and i've been on the health minister says more than 2500 people have been injured after pages used by the hezbollah village militia group exploded single, tiny sleep across the country. as bella finances and medics are among the wounded several festivals have been reported. the reigning medias say it runs on passages 11 on has been injured. as ballasa as it is investigating the cause of the blast is ralph has declined to comment. as a go to expert hands, yackel shouldn't let a senior director of the count extremism project and joins us from new york. welcome to the w. what do you think scale to thank you so much for having me. i mean, looking at the numbers of features that it's loading, it's definitely not an accident and also very unlikely

a roman production. obviously mobile phones and beatrice batteries can explore if they're exposed to excess. if you have this happened within this phase of ours in thousands of pages, that just that he's pulled out. that is what i just bought recently to replace the old features seems very unlikely to be in production mistake or an accident. okay, so that leaves us with a deliberate assassination, attempt to deliberate attempt to, to change it, to the likely suspect. what i think, you know, if you look at what the discussion is, of course, there is one nation that has an interest to disrupt his point on this page. explosions don't really have the ability to really kill individuals, but seriously hunger. most of has use mobile phones uh, with explosive device. this is imbedded into them. the same doctors, regular excitement service. there's

a different st. good service. yeah. yeah. yeah. i, yes. um dining are you was the chief or make off my mouse and the person who introduced suicide bombings as a tactic for i'm us was killed by an exploding mobile phone, but there was explosive material embedded into the phone. it's not really conceivable. that is where i would be able to embed explosives in thousands of pages, so it must be my assessment having to do something with overloading the battery remote. but yes, of course, everyone assumes it is as well. and it's easy as well. i appreciate where speculate, say what message do you think if this is sending because this is spectacular. so exactly, i can type in my assessment if this is really a, is really operation and i'm sure they are not going to confirm this. in this case. a very like, unlikely to confirm this, it's simply to have

a spectacle to say no one is safe. if you always pull, remember even if you are and forwarded this while i'm about, you can get to you. so think twice if you want to continue working with this one up because one thing is clear, the situation in northern israel, southern liberalism as not calm down at all in the last couple of months. and it's when i was very adamant that they are going to continue. that's it, you, it, it, it techs on israel as long as the confusing java is not resolved. and that puts it around in a 2 front war of very, very active proportions. building dogs as well as the know the needs are and in addition to a situation the respond which stopped the situation in syria, which is not really come down either. so this is a multi pronged warren, this is if it isn't, is there a, the operation to clear warning sign against norma is paul, i'm in good talking to her. thank you for guiding us through that. so clearly hands the echo bush and thank you so much. thank you so much for having me.

here in europe at least 21 people on i know to have died in flooding across the central and eastern parts of the continent. a major low pressure system and northern italy has sent record amounts of rain across australia, the czech republic, poland hungary and romania, looking at the national right in full, full costs of the next few days, heavy as precipitation. locked in blue means evacuations continue. and as the water levels are still rising, storm forest dumped over a months worth of rain on a large swath of europe, leaving a deadly trail of destruction for people living near the regions, waterways. the deluge was disastrous. a plus drama in the northeast check republic is that the confluence of 4 rivers, at least one dike failed flooding the cities industrial center, as well as residential areas where hundreds were evacuated,

helicopters pulled stranded people off of roofs and vehicles. we had to move out as we were in a flood zone. we have to wait for the water to drop a little. there's no water, no electricity. it's bad. some people have it worse. in south west, poland lend, dick resident said, flood waters had knocked out all the bridges, leaving the town isolated. the once picturesque central plaza is now full of debris and mud. so many of the losses are unimaginable for the city. all the bridges are broken, asphalt is coming off. the town doesn't have the funds to repair it. the city looks like an apocalypse. i would call it a ghost town. yes, the wounded couple. call you to let the captive, not with this, and you're still reading what the parts of austria have been swamped as well. the village of most be a bomb was evacuated after

a nearby dam broke august. we were afraid it was scary. we didn't know what we would do if we had to leave. it was a catastrophe. i can't explain it. it's awful. while the water has receded in some places, others are bracing for more throwing up sandbag barriers and keeping an eye on fluffed gauges. as the build up of high water moves down stream, climate experts say the regions, worst flooding and decades, didn't come out of nowhere. as, as the atmosphere warms can hold more water, which will return to earth, sometimes with disastrous consequences. now you're paying commission president us off on the line has prevailed, had not been east for new commissioners who will leave the block for the next 5 years. for the 1st time, the e u has nominated the commission default defense reflecting the new challenges. the

block is facing european province at low make us still have to sign off on the nominations. she seems almost relieved. finally, on bailey and con, you team of 2 weeks of political, a horse trading and a suspected backroom deals. what was the last on the line acknowledge in strasbourg, that it was difficult to please everyone, but she also made clear. this is a team she consider as well equipped to help the u. a. p. and the union navigates through tumultuous times. the key message is that wherever we come from is what ever our job title we must all work together. the only guiding star is the european interest. the new commission reflects the new challenges the block is facing with security and defense. top of the agenda, especially it's more than ukraine continues. the u wants to strengthen its defense industry, all base and invest more in arms production. and she is demand who is expected to

address those issues formerly. so in your prime minister, under use could be a use who's being designated as the 1st ever you commission that for defense, it's absolutely clear as a single markets in, in defense industries very much for recommended. and of course the innovation. so new technology is also uh what it much you need it to be brought back to our military in the us. the green transition of you industry is another priority for the incoming commission, as well as the question of how to strengthen the blogs, competitive, and this in global markets. what was, what else on the line has tended powerful portfolios to friend, spain and italy. but the tale and no mi ni, in particular, is the one facing the most resistance from the european parliament. rafael ephito as the 1st fluoride candidates to be nominated as

a member of the use executive buddy. he's set to be in charge of some forms regional development and cohesion. vitale and government. they are not known for being very much in line with the policies of the european union when it comes to spending, for example. and cohesion is one 3rd of the budget. the of course commission is so deeply worrying uh not at least the tell them administer, but also several of this in the end. it's the members of the european parliament who have to find out say they needs to approve some deadlines team in the upcoming conformation. the hearings only then the commission that you opinions most powerful body will be able to take office report from brussels bureau chief, alexandra from nomine, who joins us not from strasburg, welcomed alexander. let's start with that new role in this new commission, a commissioner for defense. what should we read into the fact that

b a u is putting someone from a former soviet union country into that role into a role the national governments? would god jealously? well, i think what's really mattress is that he's home country lease way and yet has been from the start of russia's invasion though. if you train one of the stone, serious supporters of ukraine, arguing the, the, and convincing the other members of the european union to support ukraine to deliver more width. and i'm a nation. everything that you crane may needs. and also, uh, really to ania. what's the country who has been warning the others at that in a couple of years as some experts say, a big family may decide to attack me to territory. but i think what is more important in this case here is that he is

a very experienced politicians. he was between us prime minister twice. he's very well connected here in the european parliament. and he also knows that in the defense area and defense policy, the u. a p in union has so far plates and mine or role, so he knows that he will need to manage expectations. there were begun nations to be a countries, poland, and friends. they were also interested in this portfolio, but they dropped away when they learned that this is not the core jump that is also about managing expectations. and so does this look like you is building up a parallel structure to nature? well, he told me no, we had a chance to catch up with mister values. and he said, a nato is responsible for defense plans for the european union is more about boosting the industrial base for defense for taking care of regulations. and indeed, in nato and many members,

more than 20 members of the european union are also members of nato need to it's about about the defense plants, but it's off to russia invasion of ukraine. they also focus on joint procure months on boosting the industrial base. so the experts say that could be a danger of parallel structures. however, the big question is, of course, what is the future in europe when it comes to it's a security oh, who will be the next president in the white house, carmella harris, or don't know, trump, they both have different positions on nato and america's role in for the european security, so the, for the europeans, for many of them, it is clear that they will need to take on a bigger role when it comes to their own defense, regardless of who will be the next president in the white house. and what's happened to this, this green deal that ask you the funds a lot. it was so was pushing so hard when she was 1st introduced job,

it seems to have dropped down her list of priorities a well, i think this is a right uh, what do you indicate to, would you use that? i found a line said here today that to the green deal is still the major spectrum of everything that her commission will be doing. but he or she also stressed that is because of a rush of war. and ukraine is also now about defense and security. and also of course, and now the priority for her commission is the competitiveness of because the u. s . lagging behind its arrivals, competitors the u. s. and china. so it seems like the binder deal is not so much on top of the agenda. i can kind of figure out exactly uh dw specimen, feel retrieve probably sandra phone is not to remind you of our top story this. what's happened on the health minister says loading 2500 people have been injured after pages used by the has ball. i'm melisha group exploded simpleton this week

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