the, the, this is due to be news live from berlin. israel's that goes a possible ground assault and level not. there's no let up in air strikes as the country's military chief says, it's preparing for a round defensive across the border. the strikes have killed hundreds of civilians and displaced tens of thousands. also in our program. the bottom is lensky tells world leaders that only a battlefield victory for ukraine can in the war with you, with russia. increase president also warrants of the kremlin plans to attack his country's nuclear power plants, the

seam, visiting berlin, welcome to our program. israel's top army commander has put troops on alert for a possible ground assault, and 11 on hundreds of people have been killed and is really bombardments and the united nations. as 90000 people in southern lebanon have been displaced since monday has belies, meanwhile, launched its deepest strike into israel. yet, the militant group targeting the headquarters of these really intelligence agency must sod intel a vive. ringback ringback dawn's peace, we shuddered by sirens. this is randy and defenses intercepted it has bottom is uh little bit tel aviv. this is the 1st time since the start of the war and gaza that the group has tried to attack deeper into israel. like we used to with that comes from the south or the know it doesn't matter. broken off broken. they just the frightening stressful and unpleasant. i don't think anyone and this will, would like to live like this. i will take it seriously to access it because of

these really on forces said that intercepted several other projects i was fired from lebanon below, so made it through the like here in the northern city, a so fed with buildings were damaged in lebanon. it was a different story after these really military launch, fresh air strikes against what it described as hezbollah target's. these really armies us as well as hiding weapons within the civilian infrastructure. the tax also hit villages like this $125.00, killing me just north of may rouge, vol, from the around bucks malicious traditional, strong holes. lebanese authorities say there are casualties. the un says more than 90000 people have been displaced since monday. thousands of ended up here in bay roads with many funding shelter in schools like this one. so i'm here old enough to have them pleasant memories of the last conflict between 11 and an israel in 2006.

good. they've had a demo i witnessed, could you live on? we would definitely scan life, but not live these day, which i found that, that we suffered. and we were displaced under the streets. and we also faced that in 2006. but now the situation is my child did a lot. yeah, had did. despite the tags, back in southern lebanon and others are determined to stay pods and to continue their day to day lives. like here in the city of tire people in flat are familiar where larry is, there is nothing here. we won't leave. as you see, i'm selling vegetables and fruits and people are buying unhappy. we won't leave this island. we are the rightful owners. even have some have to 3 to protect our children and family members. some have to stay in the town. so the enemy does not think that the tendency will deal with these really military giving no indication

of when it's ariel bump, bump, and might end. and his beloved showing no sign of stopping its own attacks calls for the escalation by the international community seems to be going on answered or for more or less, i'm joined by janelle do alone in new york janell. the us is reportedly working on a plan to de escalate the situation between israel and has the law. how realistic is any kind of breakthrough? well yeah, steven, uh, this is the sort of thing that we're familiar with, especially when it comes to talk about cessation of hostilities and gods. all we know where those efforts have led those talks have been, those talks have been stalled and nobody believes that the tell joe biden will be able to get a deal together before he leaves office in january. and now this violence, of course, and live in on is threatening to mutate into a wider regional war. but as he said, us officials are reportedly working on a deals here on the sidelines of so you and general assembly with other countries.

a deal about 6 solving systematic efforts. re surrounding garza and light on so mean a deal that wouldn't restart the fire hostage and release cough in gaza as well as for a. 5 pause to the fighting on israel's northern border where you're asking about the chances of success. and that is a very difficult calculation to make. at the moment these diplomatic efforts are coming out of time, as you said, where israel is considering a ground incursion. and from i've been on where israel is being criticized for it's a pair and strategy to de escalate to buy escalate by escalating and all these constellations complicates those diplomatic efforts or even not even here for you and general assembly where ostensibly nobody wants us for because that's what everybody has say. janelle, as you mentioned, you're after united nations in new york. we know that is really liter. benjamin netanyahu is due to address the general assembly at some point. what can we expect?

well, it's hard to say. so benjamin netanyahu has often used these kinds of speeches, meeting these kinds as of speech is conducted in english, conducted on a wider global stage to play through audiences at home. to impress some with his mastery it, with his rhetorical mastery or with this international standing. now if we are to take past features of his as a blueprint, remember, and he delivered quantity fairly recently in the front of a u. s. o joyce session of congress. and if we take that as it blew for it, he's probably going to talk about how his actions in gaza are justified. how his behavior towards a towards has a lot is guided by right. just aims. and because he's always thought as he's probably going to talk a lot about iran and how iran is the source of this order in the region. but he's

also coming out of time uh to the saw united nations general assembly at a time where he has diminished political and diplomatic capital at a time. aware of the scale of death and humanitarian catastrophe in gaza has reached out beyond the scale of the imaginable. and it's also coming at a time where the international criminal court is considering is considering issuing an arrest award for him. so it really is hard to say what a visit from him would achieve given that he is becoming an increasingly isolated figure, addressing the stage at the united nations, janelle, to malone in new york. thank you. present, a lot of it putting has won the west of russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional missiles, the russian leader presented changes to russia's nuclear doctrine at amazing. at a meeting of the country security council, i put in said

a nuclear power supporting an attack on russia would now be considered a joint aggressor. the change in doctrine comes after fulton's warnings to the u. s . and other nato allies that allowing ukraine to use western long ridge rapids to hit russian territory would mean that russia and nato are at war. and a true was nowhere joined now by marianna pl chair, and she's senior research associate at the harvard kennedy school. mariana, welcome. what should we make of lot of importance, latest comments on russia using nuclear weapons as well. steven, this is the latest instance of the long string of nuclear rhetoric and signaling that has been coming out of moscow since the beginning of this full scale invasion . this was significant. we knew that the russian leadership has been reviewing their military nuclear doctrine. and the general expectation has been that the russian threshold for the use of nuclear weapons will be lowered. there's been

a lot of talk about this by russian liter, inspired by russian commentators. and so here we have a preview, right? there are a few significant things to note. one is the previous version of the russian doctrine adopted in 2020 allowed, also receive a new response to a large scale conventional attack, but only in extreme circumstances where this, the very survival of the state a was at stake. now we, we understand from mr. perkins, speech today, this formulation has changed to, to say, well, extreme circumstances that jeopardize sovereignty. rochell. yeah. what does that really mean? and who defines what, what serious threats to sovereignty might constitute,

and the other part is this very specific mass of air attack. a description of the, of the potential conventional task on russia. again, who determines what mass a really constitutes. and also the 3rd important thing is that the issue specifically didn't say allies of and nuclear arm of a nuclear power, right. he said those supported by end of the clear power would be treated as, as acting and, and concert right. within nuclear power. this clearly points to ukraine, right. who's a non allied parts for? uh if, if putting did use nuclear weapons, what kind of weapons are we talking about? there's obviously a range and a difference in size of that nation. things like this. is it realistic to imagine a kind of tactical use of nuclear weapons or what are we talking about here? as well as the restaurant has been using

a number of the delivery systems of missiles, but also come with a nuclear warhead. right? so these are dual capable systems, such as, for instance, is, comes around a short range ballistic missiles. those have been used extensively in, in this world by russia. so when we have an incoming, you know, from russia to ukraine, and we see that it's in his calendar, missile, we don't know if it's nuclear tipped of conventionally type that could potentially carry, you know, qualify still as a, as a battlefield or a tactical nuclear weapon you know, the size of hiroshima or the size of 5, her shame is anywhere in that range. there are also kendral air launch, ballistic missiles that have been used again and conventional version in your brain extensively. those are particularly definitely because they're hypersonic they, they slide really fast and they're very difficult to intercept those and also come

with an overhead and finally anything, any well of a number of what you're launch, cruise missiles that are carried by strategic bombers to you 95 a math and to you one sixty's that have again been used extensively and ukraine. we know the pollutants comments also come after ukrainian president flooded zalinski address. the un he issued a warning that russia is planning to attack ukraine's nuclear power plants. let's listen together to what he said real quick. recently i received yet another alarming report from our intelligence now which it does seem to be planning it takes on our nuclear power plants and the infrastructure aiming to disconnect the plans from the power greet. and it's important for us that all these people can understand us understand that you brain wants to end this war more than

anyone in the world. all right, so wednesday they're speaking of to you in general assembly back to mariana, put jerry from the harvard kennedy school. we heard what he said there, how serious is this threat to nuclear power plants and ukraine? well, it is very serious. i mean ukrainian power, brendan general, has been severely degraded in the 2 and a half years. and especially over the past 6 months, starting in march this year, where generating capacity has been targeted. so you can, you know, all of the premium thermal power plants, majority of the hydro, electric power plants are entirely destroyed. so ukraine's reliance on the nuclear went from about 50 percent before the war to about 70 right now. so the grid basically hangs on these nuclear power plants. and you know, to say that russian doesn't have to actually target into the reactors themselves. they can target open in

a transformer stations substations that supply electricity to, to the power plant, or actually used for off loading the, the electricity that's generated. and we've already seen a preview of that on august. 20 says were some of these critical substations have been targeted and had, and several reactors where's crammed in response to that before they could be restarted again. alright, well, to leave it there. i'm already on a chair and senior research associate at the harvard kennedy school. thank you very much. i and his reminder of our top story is this, our, israel's top army commander has put troops on alert for a possible ground assault and loving on. hundreds of civilians have been killed and is really bombardments and humans as 90000 people have been displaced since monday, flooding his legs, he has sold the un in new york that only victory for his country and in the war

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