the, the, this is the w use life of the, from the late fee is of an all out war between israel and his, but after a 2nd wave of explosions and 11 on the 20 people are killed and hundreds wounded as his beloved walkie talkies blow up is well hasn't commented, but it's defense minister says a new phase of the war has begun. the rain stops for the flood board is a still rising across parts of europe. all hands are on deck to protect lives and property in poland. european lead has a meeting to talk about the clean up costs and the east and german state of brandon,

that goes to the polls this weekend. we take a closer look at the found right alternative for germany and how and why the potty is appealing to young people the . i've been fooling. welcome, as well as lead to her son as while i is expected to deliver a major speech today in response to a tax targeting the militant groups communications devices. the latest wave of explosions claims at least 20 lives and injured hundreds of others. it came a day after exploding pages killed another 12 across 11 on and syria on tuesday as well that considered a terrorist group by many countries, plains as well, which has remained silent about the last. but it's defense minister, you'll have kalonde says a new phase in the war has become the,

the fannie confused officer device explodes as a funeral for a has full of flights installed in lebanon. it was just one of many bloss across the country. so much funerals. all this electronics tools like this one in the city of side of people here. and those kids using any type of electronic device hope of coughing, decided, you know, i didn't expect what happened today. things are repeating all over again. now we have some devices here that we believe to have 100 percent safe. but out of caution we remove them from the store because because we're not in the flooded last way. this room, it says subtracting that lucy, i'm about to reason solar panels. i exploding, if i had solar panels or lithium batteries at home, i would definitely disconnect the, even though these rooms are probably false,

people are still afraid to lose which ones will the bus will have developed because the latest wave of explosions came just the date of the hundreds of features used by hezbollah exploded across lebanon and syria, killing at least 12 and injuring thousands. pest bull up puts the blame on israel. many of the militant groups members have been using pages, and similar low tech devices to board is released. the valence is real, hasn't commented on that tax directory, but it's defense minister, sense level, not actually a message for this one, the mileage on the whole. i believe that where the stock of the new face and the war for how the show and we must adapt with the formula from oswald the sheet. first of all, the center of gravity is moving off much. this means we're shifting resources, forces, and energy in that direction being. we haven't forgotten the hostages phone and we

haven't forgotten now. goals in the south. there's also, hopefully we can see more of it on the, on how to teach. and we're addressing both in kind of of this action involves all agencies. surely they, with a clear and simple goal, was to return the residence of the northern communities to the homes safely. i shall be much off on the theme, should i be the home? but safety in the region could be hot to the chief extensions between israel and has black continue to escalate knowledge i to is in a route for us, tanya came in jerusalem. mohamed, how worried people about what's going on? well, there's a general feeling of disturbance and anxiety due to the waves of device explosions over the last 2 days. here in beta, which we've been hearing growing, concerned from people about the use of their personal tablets and mobile phones

that many of them disconnecting their solar system. why fi out of fear that a possible attack was a cyber attack? would flow up there at the threes, and on another aspect of life, disturbance here and live in on the, the been ease of civilization but also the deep bond transport of pages and at walkie talkies, on flights until further notice also that even these army issued a statement this morning, actually a why to go warning a citizens to stay away from suspicious pages across the country, that army experts are locally. that's a meeting. so you see the repercussions of these events, austin's really ongoing with questions raised about how will these latest developments change the dynamics of this a almost

a year old confrontation between hezbollah and this was and talking about dynamics, tanya, we just heard from the defense minister in israel signaling a new phase in the board. what's the getting out there? slowing is that has been preparing, you know, for months and this almost year long, the confrontation, so these cross for the attacks between southern live and on and the north of israel, there a for a vida escalation. but of what does your gut on means by that is what he said, you know, shifting resources from the war in gauze or from the south to the north. and we understand this as must be reflected in the troops that are being re deployed. for example, the 98 division that was many deployed in garza, it's now been shifted to the north and border joining another division that has been operating there that have been 12 staffing exercises in recent weeks, but also in recent days. and also the house being

a limited call up of reserves to serve in the north. now oldest is of course, while the government has also redefined it's will goals saying as we heard a, the defense minister saying that that they want to make sure that a northern residence and northern israel, there's a, has been investigated almost a year ago, can at some point come back to their homes and of course all this happens while we're also seeing again today and last night. that is really, i mean, has put out a statement this morning. they have been talking southern living on and that has been also drone to tax today. over the course of the day in northern israel switched a cost pious and also some injuries here in northern israel. so mohammed, what sort of response we go to get from his fellows made a ship lighted today? so as villa is dozing deterrence, and we'll have to do something about it, we know that as well as chief house on the front low would be addressing his

support as this afternoon. we expect him to raise the roof. we expect a fire we speech today using strong and loud the toll and given the scale of the ship that has blocked took, we expect for a lot to announce a retaliation that satisfies the groups of porters and, and restore the motives of it's at numbers. and in boxes, there's no doubt that the latest event and took this confrontation to and you level the question is whether is it still below the oil allow for levels it is cleared out as well as no intentions and no plans to draw back from this confrontation as we see that the militant troop is still sending drones and buckets towards the north of as well as in support of gaza as it indicated immediate statements this morning, claiming the attacks. and this has been going on since october 7,

tonya. what can we expect from israel next or well, i mean, it's too early to say, but i mean, people here, ordinary citizens have almost the same thoughts. you know, they're looking very closely watching very closely. what are the next moves? uh what, uh, how soon as my law was saying his speech, but also what will be the next move of uh uh, the government here. the is really military. uh, that has been a lot of speculation about these uh, attacks and living on the past. uh, 2 days for the, you know, this was in, uh, you know, in an opening for the intelligence to his taco, the, is on, has not officially claimed a those attacks. but also if this is a way to avoid strategy, there's also speculation about israel, of making a pre emptive strike, or for example, launching a ground offensive. so it is still to see uh, what will happen next year. you know, whether it be happen in this situation. before also,

just some weeks ago when there were targeted associations and they route into around yvonne at the time has also about to retaliate that haven't done so yet. so it's a question whether you know, both sides here. can us take it step back and prevent an all out for that type. so we'll be waiting and watching tanya came up with the analysis there from jerusalem and mama tray to in beverage in the wake of the bloss united nations secretary general antonio terrace. born to the serious risk of dramatic escalation and living on. he's also raised, concerned about the nature of the attack on his well as communications devices, think it's very important so that there is an effective control of the cvd and objects not to weaponized civilian objects. that should be the rule that everybody in the world. the government says should be able to implement is janita. dale is

the co director of the office for the institute for essex. lower non conflict with an i think an object used by civilians is strictly prohibited under international law. from a legal perspective. does it matter that those who appeared to have been targeted suspected has by all parties? yes, distinction requires, but each attack and war i hear each explosion of a device, it's directed against an individual about the attack, a nose or reasonably believes to be a legitimate target attack. so hezbollah fights us all. it is in the targets of the tax, but crucially not every member of hezbollah is only the fighting ring on members of the group. even if these attacks were all intended to target has full of sizes. the question from a legal point of view would still arise whether the attacking party, potentially israel at the means or intelligence to verify that the pages would actually land in the hands of the intended individuals. so has full of flights of israel. take any precautions. for instance,

to ensure that the pages would be in the hands of fine to smaller than civilians your next but on the, on the reality and ball. what was your 1st thoughts when you heard about these attacks? well, placing a small and explosive device directly on the body of a fine to in some sense is the ideal of an attack from the point of international law. the missing hundreds of those, those attack symbol tenuously at the same time, on the other hand, is almost impossible to reconcile with international law. so we can imagine that israel has intelligence, but these pages were destined for the fighting ring of festival. also, in that case, we may imagine that it implies complied with distinction. but the additional considerations here, for instance, the principle of precautions, demands that for each explosion, the anticipated civilian home would be minimized as much as possible. for instance, with the timing of a talk, this is obviously very difficult to achieve, but many attacks must go off. simple tang is the attackers must also conduct the proportionality calculation for each of these explosions. and if they don't top

intelligence, whereas the pages would be at the time of explosion, that would be very hard to achieve. okay, just explain to me then what the difference is between a whole lot of smaller bombs going off, killing. possibly hundreds of thousands of people and one big bomb going off and killing, perhaps hundreds of feet as well. the question is whether the attacker retains control or the timing, the place, and the circumstances of the attack. and whether there is intelligence to with this information. minimize the anticipated civilian hom bite was one big among going off few presumably how somebody wants intelligence about the civilian surrounding the explosion. and through the timing the angle of the attack, you can minimize that expected civilian home. you can also wave is expected for civilian home, what we sometimes call of collateral damage to the anticipated military advantage. but with hundreds of similar small bones going off at the same time,

the attacker wouldn't know in advance whether they would be civilian surrounding these attacks. how the timing should be caught up when the attacks that go off in order to minimize tv and home. and that would be very little intelligence that is required to actually conduct a meaningful proportionality calculation. well, in this case i can tell you it's it, these bumps didn't go off and it was on. they went off in public places. yes, i mean there's am currently in the conflict between hassle and israel also international law. a for applies, but it is absolutely correct that most of these teachers on many of these pages, would have gone off in the midst of civilian areas. and since it wasn't a possible for the attacker to anticipate the civilian harm, meaningful proportionality calculations wouldn't have been possible, which is why this operation poses very, very serious challenges under international law. and the un has cold for an independent investigation into the explosions. what could that investigation

actually revealed as a last question, as many facts that are relevant for legal analysis and that may be relevant to politically including the attributes ability of this operation to israel, i still unclear surfacing these facts in a way that is credible is certainly legally and politically relevant, i think one potential political consequence that should come from this is that states a way can to the really operational danger of an overly permissive application of international lots of personal communication devices in the context of war. given how much terra this operation must have cost the civilian population in lebanon, it will be really critical to clarify and strength and states commitment to the existing legal obligations and to clarify how exactly they apply in this particular context. janine is deal that from the also the institute for ethics, lower and conflict, thanks for being on the w. thank you. europe and commission president

ortho left on the line is visiting poland to meet the leaders of for central and eastern european countries. have by severe funding on their agenda. aid for the areas affected by storm bars and gathering in the boulder city of once a month. where authorities and volunteers of working to fortified river banks and protect the buildings from the rising board is building 20 people have done so far in flooding across spots of europe. a reporter, mazda thor, is in an area north west of what's one where people have been preparing for the border level to peak along the or the river. i asked her what people need most at expect from brussels and the polish come that people mostly expect money to get to get the restructuring done, especially for housing, smaller businesses. and of course, the infrastructure which is most crucial because there has, has been villages in the mountain areas that has been flooded so severely that some

bridges and roads were completely taken away. and these villages just need the help because some of them just cut off from civilization and they still have no drinking water. electricity is not really working. so these are the most crucial problems. and they're hoping that the government will help them as soon as possible. on sunday voters in the eastern german state of brandon back, we'll go to the polls and a regional election the far right at the immigration alternative for germany is hoping for another strong showing. it's a time breaks the a if the looks to be just the head of the incumbents. social democrats, part of the reason for that is the bodies popularity among young voters. so what's driving that support the w's political correspondent, matthew moore, went to the city of eva's 5, the north of the then to find out swastikas scrolled on election posters. tell you a lot about the political climate. and brenda berg will. they don't tell you if the

young people are flocking to the far right till tenants for germany party and their rules for the 24 year old social democratic candidates, it's especially concerning. it is this aspect. it's frightening. even if you're a young person yourself, you have to rob your eyes a bit as a social democrat current, they show his sent a letter to every 1st time volta and his constituency, inviting them to a barbecue. sometime pop will come by, we can sit down and talk about the election on talks. why? he concedes the online campaigning, present challenges for hockey's in the center. this is the owner for art. it's also a question of brevity abbreviation. so it's relatively difficult to get through with facts if you have to break it down to a 32nd video because we deal with the best most to and try to stop. this is what he's up against the, the flood social media with the i generation video depicting a vision of white germans under threat from foreigners. it's use when produced.

this can be crushed by a game called saved. gemini. players are encouraged to the port, dark skinned man. despite the fact that one and 3 young people here are expected to vote for the, the finding that is not so easy. others have the own idea on the far right to appeal is for me to but i suspect it's because the d offers simple solutions to complex issues when business hi, lack of education and fear of the unknown. out of time the, the 10 digit is enjoying the attention of some school students. he dismiss stuck positions that the party use is racist dog whistled. you know, adverts targeting young people. i went to the atrocities wasn't there. now i'm afraid that's interpreted as racism, but young people realize that we're not racing at all, but i personally have friends with dark skin color, maryland. before i joined the dean, that means racism is a political mediator and we as the a f d,

don't accept that any way whether the crowd is more interested in free merchandise than political debates is unclear. but it's impossible not to sense the momentum behind the pots and things of what is my whole circle of friends, both for the a f d, they all do that. and then i have my family both for the a, f d a z and use equipment. and i'm not sure yet decided or unwilling to say the really extent of the the support will soon become clear. the w corresponded matthew moore has been reporting from the region in the past few weeks . a lot of people are, i'm willing to speak about the politics with you on camera. what's that tell you? yeah, it's always hard to get people to open up about the voting intentions, but it's especially hard when it comes to the the and especially when it comes to young people not as book spoke to lots of young people in my, in my reporting. and some would say to me that they kind of worried that the boss

through our workers that we deal with both might see, might not like the political opinions. others, i got the sense that they were afraid about backlash from peer groups from the friends of the families. and that goes both ways. so sometimes it's people who are worried about saying, you know, well i, i like this that the message of the thing. and also some people who maybe say they have problems with the f d. so there was kind of a sense really, that the, actually, the political climate is very change, whatnot. and brenda, but also among young people in the sense that, that they have like, uh, the whole leg's the head of a 1000000. wanted to see anything that might jeopardize the future chances. and that's in contrast to my experience, to older people who can we can of we all the risks involved. we stay, you know? yeah, i'm going to vote for the fee or not. what do you make of people from east and ponce have told me they voted a if the to signal that disappointment with the government. so the, i mean that's not a surprise to me then because when i've been speaking to people, that's one of the things that comes up. and there is a general frustration right now across the country with the government invalid. and because it's approval ratings are really bad. i think there,

if you 4 percent disapproval ratings, i'm not feeds into, to, to, to kind of sense of frustration. and that's helping the, the people you know, young people say to me how to, what we just, it's an attendance of that. if nothing else, it'll tell us if there's a fresh start, because this is a part that has never been in power. that's never really had a chance. so they are, they see as a kind of an opportunity for a fresh start. don't forget about other big issues to things like career. now, this is young people who have gone through corona, they're experiencing the war in europe and ukraine right now. and there's a sense of uncertainty. and so they're kind of locked into policies to offer the promises of, you know, the of easy solutions to complicated problems as, as people said to me on the, on the campaign. true. and also social media. the is very, very strong on sick talk on twitter and on, on these instagram platforms and platforms that young people are using and, and not seeing contrast to, to the other parties who are not really grateful. not until the if these flooding it with poor buckets of messages and you know, people are consuming that. and if they would,

then it's really kind of helping them sheet that what a view then a lot of all the germans from eastern pots a fed up or say they feel left behind by politicians in the west. so is this body tell me in a position to gain long term traction? their goal is to reach power outlined by 2029. they've just come out flushed in once the election in the east came 2nd and all the on the on parts come i o r o course to come out and boston another this weekend and so the mentioned was behind them. the question is whether or not all the parties are going to be prepared to work with them because they consider them to be extreme, missed on anti democratic. so the he has a re re bottle on his hands as it moves forward the w matthew mole. thank you. c. u. s. federal reserve as slashed interest rates by half a percentage point. it's the 1st concept since the pandemic. the move will bring down the cost of boeing, including mortgages and credit cards in the us. global markets are reacting to the

news with the analysts and the best as debating the possibility of more costs in the news near future. or some wonder what the fed policy change will mean for the road likes. for tourists outside the new york stock exchange and for traders inside this week, central bank meeting was a big deal then came to news from washington sided to drastic cut by half a percentage point lowering the initial reactions. so it's really no, unfortunately kind of built up a little bit of credit card debt. so any kind of rate cut will definitely help me pay it off sooner. mean, i'm not really planning on buying a house or car anytime soon, but it will definitely help us pay off my credit cards. i think it's gonna help the academy through through car loans, mortgage rates, home equity loans, you name anything tied to an interest rate is going to help the flow of money in

the economy. hopefully going to prevent recession and any kind of hard landing, so to speak. market insiders agreed that the open market committee gutted right. he's got do mandate. right. he wants as close to full employment as he can get with stable prices. that's what he's balancing any. finally said, we are now with the full librium. i've been more worried about inflation until than now. now i'm equally worried about the employment picture as i am about prices. and that's good. that's we need to hear that the dow jones might have shown some weakness in the immediate aftermath of the announcement for the day after the fet decision global markets, including asian europe, seem upbeat in germany. the cologne institute for economic research says these that

good news, the fed strong intervention gives the u. s. economy, a better chance for a soft landing. the us, the us economy could be a stabilizing force for the global economy, german companies and other international. it's also hope that low interest rates help us customers more easily pay for imported goods, like cars and machinery, strengthening one of the biggest markets. and before we go, a well in new zealand has had a lucky escape. thanks to conservationists. the juvenile pick me blue whale had waged itself under a private wolf. the only way out would have been to dismantle the wooden structure . so a barge and excavator were brought in on the the way i was able to swim away the conservation to pump and says it's people will be putting the wolf back together again. up

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