the, the, this is dw news coming to live from berlin, hezbollah militants, target israel's port, city of hyphen rockets, of a israel's defenses, and strikes the northern city. meanwhile, israel keeps up, its deadly apartment 11 on as it prepares for a ground defense. also coming up japan's ruling party selects should get a real issue bought as it's new leader and the next 5 minister and the growing tensions with china. the former defense minister wants to create a new patient defense align. hurricane helene hits, florida. 6 states of declared emergencies with devastating floods predicted a 1000000 residents have already lost power and more damage is expect

the hello i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. israel has launched more air strikes into 11 on despite calls for a ceasefire, the mayor of southern lebanon, of the southern liberties town of ship. i says, 9 people from the same family were killed in an overnight attack. meanwhile, these really army said 10 rockets were fired towards the port city of haifa, from 11 on on friday, triggering triggering air, cyber and warnings. some rockets were intercepted, but others appeared to make it the street level. the militant group test bullet has been firing into northern israel since the start of the war in gaza almost a year ago. it's well 11 on health ministry says almost 700 people have died in days of constant is rarely bombing. i asked the w

b. root bureau chief mohammed straight to what the situation 11 on is like this morning. it's morning for a country at war. that's the situation. dustin turn was moved here and bailed the main streets are almost empty. and that's very unusual for a friday. but the, you know, in terms of the neighborhoods are very proud to, due to the 10s of thousands of refugees who have fled their homes and are renting apartments here in the capital or staying at the family and friends. you know, everyone is anticipating the latest developments on the front line and how this may unfold. people yesterday had hoped that a european american proposal for a a ceasefire that would bring a, you know, some stability and people could take a break. but that is obviously and it still seems to be far fetched at least for

now, you know, as the military confrontation between hezbollah and his file keep going on the board to israel's airstrikes and also targeted locations in bay route. and as you say, tens of thousands of refugees have come into the city. how is a root coping with all this? as well as personal initiatives and, and volunteers are working round the clock to fill in so many gaps that the government couldn't manage to fill for, for so many reasons. but mainly the lack of preparedness and readiness to taking this influx of refugees. so individual and collective efforts are trying to offer accommodation, food and basic needs. and for, you know, the people who have fled their homes in the south and into the cottage and,

and mainly this really shows some sort of solidarity at this level on the human aspect as the country is. and really very divided on the political spectrum. and this war is further dividing the minis when it comes to big strategic decisions about the priority now is to, you know, help the refugees. what is the militant group hezbollah saying about the possibility of and is really ground invasion and ground invasion was most welcome to buy has been lost chief house on the thrill you know, the militant group leader said make no mistake. this is what we wanted. this is what we're looking for, a group a and cannot fly as well as aerial aerial as a pre all you'd see and, and advanced technology bought. it believes that a ground a patient is and it's, it's bottled field, it's, it's field of expertise. so to say so there's no doubt that has been the received huge blows over the past few days,

the device explosions and the coming of the senior leadership. but it is still a very powerful administer group with, you know, a wide channels of, of tunnels and thousands of rockets and soldiers at its disposal. mohammad, thank you very much for your reporting. that was our bureau chief in bay rouge mohammed straight to is. israel prepares for possible ground invasion 11 on a faces a challenge there that could prove more difficult than the situation in gaza. the militant group has blah, has been preparing for such and defensive for years with extensive network of tunnels and missiles. these riley army has carried out more than 2000 strikes and 11 on since the start of the week. it appears no closer to stopping hezbollah, firing rockets over the border and allowing northern israel residents to return to towns like this one that have been almost emptied by nit daily attacks.

now with tanks heading to the folder, it seems israel is preparing to send in ground forces to try and achieve what power hasn't moved from the city. you will go in and destroy the enemy. there are these. these boys will allow us to safely return the residence of the north out towards us movie the horn is really officials have made clear that that a missed a falls hezbollah back across lebanon's la toni river, creating the buffers that the un security council called for back in 2006 at the end of the last war between israel and the group the area is a strong hold of has been a while the group has been weakened by israel's killings of senior commanders. it is still thought to have between 40 and 50000 fighters, as well as an off know of a 150000 rockets. hezbollah is also believed to built an extensive tunnel network

as seen and its propaganda. if it is like this one, according to his really estimates it could cover hundreds of kilometers x, but say hezbollah will likely prove even more of a challenge that home us as the fullest as a find more bed of hot. and they're much more sophisticated in terms of how they operate more independently because they operate also like i'm us anyway, but obviously i must, is, has never been in the side and touch the, come back before most of them. i suppose the headboard are has why? the idea is always it prepared for us for this war. i don't know. they do know how costly is going to be, but the lebanese people will also be forced to pay the price of any ground invasion . last week's attacks have already killed hundreds. well, tens of thousands more have fled from the homes and southern 11 known in search of safety. those who have made it to shelter like here in a root,

have little faith in the prospect of a cease fire. god, the clearly is the oil is lying. the last few, donovan i'll put a holier they have been talking about a cruising because i want to admit, but it has not happened once they bought them. uh, i thought that was not the dumbest guess. the truth isn't enough for us to return to our homes because it lasts for a short time, then we'll be displaced again and while we want to return to our homes permanently, lee, i'm with is riley falls, is conducting exercise. it's close to the lebanese border on thursday. those who have left the homes behind community wait and hope. so. now to japan were the ruling liberal democratic party is selected. it's new leader who is also set to become the countries next prime minister as the w e say, the correspondent james trader reports the former defense minister. she gave her is

she bought will replace current liter puleo because she to who suffered a series of financial and political scandals. oh, this is japan's be prime minister should get her issue. bentley was one of the leadership of the country's warning policy, the l g p. o. the state attends a former defense minister b town conservative. so now you're talking chico, who was bidding to read your plans for e mail liter. v. p has been in power for almost all of the past 7 decades. is majority and call them and guarantees the 67 year old is she but will be elected prime minister on monday and then office will set the tone for foreign policy. issue supports revising japans past the fiscal institution. i just said he wants to bolster the country's military relationship with washington. he's also propose in nato style and security partnership in asia to push back against new korea and china. and i did this as inferior in both from young and paging. in recent months,

china and russia have stepped up the frequency of joints amid a tree, drills, invoices near japan issue. but it's also about curbside one that the democracy, beijing, the claims of the territory. he met with high wants president license the entire page of last month. the new prime minister belongs to the progressive wing of his policy. my box policies, many of his colleagues oppose, including allowing female empress. that means hell still have as well cause house to ensure the functions that broke down his previous. that's a don't also bring down him sketch up on a few other stories making headlines around the world today. belgium was prime minister alexander the crew has criticized pope francis at the start of the concepts visit to his country. the prime minister demanded concrete steps to deal

with the churches, legacy of sexual abuse cover up and to put the victim's interest 1st. to cruise speech is being called one of the strongest condemnations ever delivered to the catholic liter default. thousands of people of march through mexico's capital marked the 10th anniversary of the kidnapping in apparent murder of 43 students. protesters are demanding a complete picture of what's happened to the victims. a previous government report concluded the students were abducted by a drug gang with the help of corrupt police. no one has been convicted of the incident. hurricane helene has made landfall in the us killing at least 3 people in the state of florida. after passing through the gulf of mexico. almost a 1000000 homes and businesses were without power. lane has weekend, but he's moving inland rapidly. forecasters a warning of dangerous winds and ran across much of the southeastern us. meteorologist beth you can purchase in florida and told me about the impact of

hurricane helene as it hit the coast. well, apparently quite disruptive. you know, we have record stating, dr. 18. $51.00, so about a 170 years worth of bookkeeping. and this is the 1st time on record that a category for has hit the big bend to florida. it brought wins guessing around, i'd say, a 160170 kilometers per hour that i observed more in terms of the official observation . a broad, serious storm sir, is likely any order of 4, maybe 5 meters flooding rains and even a couple tornadoes. and even after making landfall and made land fall and move inland, so quickly, better weeks, georgia before markedly weakening, giving them hurricane conditions to. so we were just looking at some of the pictures there as you're speaking to matthew, it does look extraordinary. how are people in florida coping with this? a lot of folks have gotten out of dodge and evacuated. we always tell folks to run

from the water hide from the wind. it's easy to shoulder in a building in a business, in your home and wherever from when you just keep putting layers between yourself and the outside world we can, but that doesn't work with any sort of water, right? so flooding is completely different thing. and so a lot of folks have to drive inland taylor county, florida, where i was, for example, was under a mandatory evacuation. it was expected that everybody would go inland and most folks did. but it was deemed that the danger was so high in taylor county that they wouldn't even open up shelters there. you have to go to a different county. i think for the most part, people have been through at least some hurricane in this part of florida. granted, perhaps not one the strong. i'm hoping that when daylight dawns the next 34 hours, that the damage isn't quite as bad as we fear. now, there were dire warnings attached to this hurricane with forecasts or saying it had

the potential to be catastrophic. does it still have that kind of potential, matthew as well? what a hurricane move in when this week and it's been about 7 hours give or take since it made land fall? it's like when you are steering your coffee in the morning, you know, the faster you stir the deeper that dip in the middle. same thing is true with a hurricane of arc into low pressure system. but once it moves inland, it's no longer being heated. it's no longer being energized. and so it's like we stopped during our low pressure system and essentially the fluid sort of fills in and stops spinning. stop swirling the whole thing kind of weekends. same thing here . and so well, yes, it remains disruptive. it's no longer producing top tier, hurricane wins. it does still have some serious flooding in the carolinas and it does still have some dangerous winds. but in terms of what it was a couple hours ago, it is no longer at that severe matthews. thank you very much. for your update that

was matthew to put you meteorologist and journalist joining us from florida. you're watching dw, a news of nice, got a documentary film looking at how rich countries are exporting their ways to the rest of the world. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching the stage innovation, green the green revolution global. so listen to crime. it's probably up to speed is secure. subscribed to this channel. every friday. subscribe to plan is a the, the flash.