[000:00:00;00] the the, this is the w news live from the land. israel says it is staying in the golan heights. despite growing international purchase system, prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists is ready. troops will remain in the boxes on the border with syria. he says to guarantee israel security also coming up on the programming code if syrians celebrate salsa the aside regimes, down full. while also fearing serious new leaders could help crush the dream of an independent cut us down. and ukraine contaminated with mines. the country is fair to have more land lines on his territory,

but any other nation we joined those who've taken off the dangerous task of clearing the ground of explosives. the many troops mckinnon. welcome to the program. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says, is really false is, will remain in a golden heights buffer zone until border security between israel and syria is guaranteed, is ready. fruit seized parts of the heights earlier this week. slicing potential security threats from syria. these ready military has been carrying out strikes in syria against military targets, despite its international condemnation. this is the, is raising military in the u. n. monitor demilitarized buffer zone between syria

and israel. the occupied going on heights, israel as advanced. it would keep a limited number of troops there, because the syrian military had abandoned, its posts, is riley prime minister benjamin netanyahu said it was a temporary defensive position until a suitable arrangement is find to. the buffer zone is known as the area of separation. it was set up as part of israel ceasefire agreement with syria in 1974 to keep as riley and syria and forces a part after israel to occupation of the golan heights. the move is part of a far reaching is really response to the full of the aside regime in syria. their military has launched, strikes on syrian army facilities, weapons warehouses, airports to naval bases. but there's been condemnation of these rails actions by many countries, and by the united nations. there is absolutely no basis on the international law to

preventively or preemptively disarm a country. you know, it's like, i mean if that were the case, it would be a recipe for global chaos because lots of countries have adverse raise. they would like to see that without, without weapons, back in the golden heights buffer zone. it's unknown. how long is riley troops will remain as developments in syria move at a rapid pace. w correspondent, emily holding isn't a jerusalem. emily? um tell us more about these reports of, of new is riley strikes on syria. what can you tell us as well? the is riverside hasn't really commented on these recent strikes that have appeared to have been carried out around damascus again. but essentially this very much falls in line with what figures are constructed to has been since they are solved

vermin fell. israel essentially is pursuing 2 goals here. one is to protect its citizens and his territory from possible spillover effects, possible attacks that could arise from the terminal that's currently still sleeping, syria and be number 2. and it's called is also to make sure that as we just tell them the report to make sure that's the of tubs. wesson's also lots allegedly, that reports at least, silverman and syria. it's information we con, confirm from here. but ultimately you've got these lessons don't fall into the, into the wrong hands. i'm sorry, i wanted to continue that. and of course, of course, you know, like we just have a lot reports to facilitate stuff that they ever see. we've seen, we've seen israel carry out aerial strikes, strikes on, so as naval base of but, but also this push into the buses and that's not really been into the bosses. and, but also beyond that and nothing else. who's a condition essentially is mission is to have a situation that's on the other side,

but will guarantee the safety of israel. but nobody knows how long that will take. so ultimately, a, this, this is this as low as, as much as these really side the saying that this is temporary, and it is also in a way, indefinite. and of course, this is not spin without criticism. we'll send the reports, heard from the un envoy to syria, get pedals sun. but we've also been hearing criticism from turkey. um, where the form minister came out saying that the courts as role is again displaying is occupied mentality. so harsh criticism, but so far it seems that spin, floating on deaf is, and emily, how the people in israel, how do they feel, or how does they see as well as actions in syria as well in israel, people are watching what's going on a sarah with mixed feelings on the one hand, the full of a 5 is an intro and isn't of interest in the sense that it picks out 0 from the, from iran,

circled acts of resistance. it's cuts off this lifeline that has bull on needs from wrong um, but at the same time it also comes with a lot of uncertainty. and so from, from the people that i've spoken with many, do see the measures that the us where the army has taken as mess the, sorry, i'm sense. the poll precautionary meshes, dw correspondence, emily go dean in jerusalem. emily, thank you. i was serious. that's up for the post aside era. the countries disparate factions are looking to cement that own interests among them could if lead siri and democratic forces. the s t f has held large parts of syria east of the u for tease river, seen here in yellow. when the government troops withdrew they pushed westwood, but the victorious in islamist rebels have pushed back, leaving the kurdish forces. i'm the people they protect fairing,

the west syrian kids wasted no time and destroying remnants of a subs room there among the many syrian minorities to have suffered under his link be ranging up. we've been waiting for 13 years and today is our day. it's the codes incurred the stones day, and god willing it will be full of joy and happiness. this is, nick could make up about 10 percent of serious population along with sizable minorities in iran, iraq, and took a cit, protest have long baffled for an independent state, making them a target from various governments. a jury serious civil war. the could just lead democratic forces for to create a c, me or thomas area in the countries north, east. us troops, faxed them,

and slicing the rise of use in the region. and in controlling the oil rich areas. but neighboring turkey has long fault against the syrian kids. it has back renewed attacks and recent days, fearing kurdish sit partizan within its own board is key, has also supported the h t. s. rebels who toppled the aside regime and will now help shape serious future . many kids flayed live po, just hours after the rebels took control of the city while they've tried to assure minorities they're not at risk. not everyone is convinced given that to the notion of the minorities are worried about how they will be treated to uh, you know, how that those who have taken over now have come out with positive slogans and statements. did you need to go to see how it goes?

but in practice, everyone is hopeful and expecting a call of the union. people are waiting to see if these positive statements will materialize in practice so that they have the full of the aside. regime could present many risks to syrian kids, but as the country begins to rebuild, they may also be opportunities for the long held goal of self governance. the key is a senior fellow is the middle east studies of the council on foreign relations and co and professor of international relations at lee high university in pennell, pennsylvania. he joins us from bethlehem in the occupied westbank. thank you so much for your time today. can i ask you all the codes becoming the biggest loses in, in syria and it's rapidly changing political landscape. and it just connected to i, my university's investor and pennsylvania, i'm not

a sign and apologize. i finally hit it then that's fine. but i just wanted to correct the record. well, i mean for the cause it's both as as 0 because the one that also said it's an opportunity as well as a big danger. and eventually, essentially comes from 2 sources. one is a new leadership in c, i'm, yes, we have the h t s who, which has come out and has made all the items and protecting my knowledge. there's a set to. but nobody really knows much about the composition of the sds, whether it is unified, whether it's going to break up. and if there's going to be internal fighting afterwards, i mean one wishes, if it doesn't happen. but that's $11.00 source of threats to the cause. the other, the other techs and to types have been very adamant about not allowing any type of conditional autonomy in of, in syria. for the tex, wrapped in the sense that this is

a strategic script. because also the gulf war in the docs with the american house use. so the creation also can't argue to go to some regional government as an, as a federal entity within iraq or the americans today are in syria with there's the same kind of choices because they're fighting. i says together the same as it's not myself in session. but the, what the text sphere is that what happened you need, i will replicate itself in syria whereby you will have maybe this type of the arrangements in syria because it's hard to see how the federal government was working saying overall, but maybe some kind of autonomy for the codes and if you have autonomy federation in 2 parts of the country, region, texas tech, he has 20 percent of his population in scottish. so they're gonna talk, he's afraid that this will eventually translates into a move in by texas,

because from all the autonomy that has been such f as in check in, but they've been repressed. and this is what really drives turkish policy in syria. and they will do everything in the power to prevent the kind of some achieving and you, you've seen fighting going on me. the church, by the way, criticized these guys yesterday about the sending trips into, into seeing about types have been occupying part of the northwestern syria for a long time. they also have a create of something called the national syrian army that works under the command and has been attacking. we've started shy s about a cottage positions. so it's complicated, i mean, and that's the threats to the, the codes. so, so could i ask you, i mean, how realistic all could have hopes for maintaining any kind of or so to me, you know, this ultimate is a good question. ultimately,

it depends on the deal because we'll make directly with damascus. but for that deal to work, you'll have to have the involvement of the united states presidency like tom says. so you guys know, that is our issue. we, we don't think just to let them deal with themselves. the truth is none of these problems. and so, you know, can be solved with that active us participation. and it is a native of the us to participate because is spent already in almost 10 years fighting isis. and the last thing you want as far as this to come back, and so who is it? we should also remember that the 40000 isis prison is being held by syrian codes. and if that's what it is the same cause, what does that this other say? what happens with those 40000 and they go back and stuff fighting again me. so they're not all kinds of complications the but i believe it is possible. it doesn't mean it's going to happen. it is possible for the syrian codes and the mask

is to come up with some kind of arrangement. it will not be a, for the issue of the couch in new york, but it to recognize the coefficients. you have, the problem was on the half is the last side or even before half is the last slide . comes with the night. even the basics. i think they were denied citizenship. and if you did not, if you lived in, lived in a, in the country at coast j, as in sierra, got, you're gonna have to ship as soon as you can school, you can go to a hospital, you can get any government funding. mm hm. all right, so this will need some recognition. okay, back a senior fellow for middle east studies of the council on foreign relations. thank you so much for your time today. we appreciate it. thank you. and then the 3 is into rushes, full scale invasion x. but say ukraine has become the most mind country in the

world. they're all an estimate of 2000000 land mines contamination 40 percent of its territory. unexploded ordnance is another problem even near the capital keys. the w is rebecca richards has this report. it's painstaking and dangerous move in 2 years off, the russian soldiers were forced out of keep the mind is a still working to clear unexploded ordnance from areas on the cities outskirts number 50. there are high ticket that it's not only civilians who are at risk, but also the economy. how to familiar in many areas as far as the dangerous because of mines all the off them off the fighting. now let's get you through a boy of with e. so those that, sir, no, this hits the economy hard if it, because how heck, because of land cannot be found, the ocean, you know, over all the good expense from the halo trust, the world's biggest mine clearance organization estimate. there are many millions

of explosive items in ukraine soil, including more than 2000000 land mines light by russia since the full scale invasion. the scale of this problem is immense. eats not just here in kids, but right across the country. there are hundreds of sites like these, removing all the landlines and unexploded ordnance will take years. even though decades to bolster capabilities, the halo trust has been taking on war veterans with extensive battlefield experience. veterans like it was fun. yeah. so if there's a south uh k reminds for the military until he stepped on one himself with hopefully a little over because we've, we've captured an enemy position and were ordered to clear rate of explosives and hazardous items. while we were securing the area, we came under artillery fire and had to cover the my. unfortunately, i stepped on a mine and was injured and you know,

you almost have to put on and it's jack of hopes that when he recovered, he could go back to his battalion. but the challenges posed by his prosthesis made the rigs of the military too difficult, and he was the mobilized co, approximately the halo trust gives me the chance to keep on working for my country that's really important and contribute they do using the knowledge of wolf, the vets analyze these high resolution drone images, they identify with the skilled eye and determine where the other side might have placed explosives. we have a lot of expertise in flying drones and analyzing inventory and bringing dates together. but we also have missing some domain knowledge about the, the local context in the battle field. i'm hoping that the veterans will help us understand a little bit better. it's a win win. they tell me, given the industrial scale of land mine and explosive ordinance laying in ukraine,

the role of the role that is invaluable. the german foreign minister and the bad book says the will in ukraine is a threat to european security and that european foreign ministers agree, but team needs long term security guarantees. she welcomes accounts of thoughts from 5 you countries as well as from the u. k. i'm from ukraine to berlin today. the group is discussing further financial humanitarian, military support for ukraine. it wants to send a clear signal of european units before the change of leadership in the united states next month. the w as chief international edits of richard wilka joins us now from where the foreign ministers are meeting. richard with the ukranian foreign minister of this meeting. a tell us what the focus of today's discussions about ukraine will be. yeah, that's. that's right. so the ukrainians will be present here in the,

in the form of that foreign minister. but there are 2 pretty sizable elephants in the rooms of the, of this guest house of the federal, for a ministry in germany, just outside bilingual, the policies, you know, sort of would were paneled rooms, of course, lots of flags everywhere, but to very sizable f o elephants in the room about donald trump, i'm glad you me a peach. and of course, donald trump. everybody sees him coming into office soon. of course, he's claimed that he wants to end the war quickly with a sort of peace deal between of the us and russia. primarily, and this is a getting warnings from lena bab, gem and farmers to saying that they have must be no peace over the heads of the ukrainians that they have to be involved in that heavily. and that there must be no peace over the heads of the europeans. also stressing that and also i think a point that she made, which was very interesting. and people going to be looking at saying that ukraine and europe both need what she called hard security guarantee. was that it's not

enough just to say, okay, we have a c 5, maybe vladimir putin gets to hold on to some of the territory that he's taking, but the both ukraine and you're going to need real guarantees, credible guarantees that all of this is not going to just erupt sometime soon again . but the other aspect of, of all of this is not just to what's don't in front, but also towards glad to be approved in trying to demonstrate that europeans are really taking that own security seriously. finally, off to decades of underweight investment. um, so a message that a bows towards most go and towards washington, european leading european countries are taking that seriously. but that quickly becomes a discussion of course, about money, how much you are paying countries actually willing to spend on their own defense. and we've seen, you know, this famous a nato target of spending 2 percent of g d, p, or on defense. how many countries have been lagging behind that germany has only finally hit that target this year,

and you have countries far apart. so in that taking passing these talks now you have total into which is well above 4 percent of g, d, p u. s. spain initially which around one and a half or even low representative g d p. so big gap there and trying to, to, to get a common sense of purpose towards agreeing on what is a suitable target for now, a lot of talk about 3 percent of gdp being a potential new target. i think this will also be part of the discussions. i'm so here today, but also going forward. all right, well have to leave it. the richard will kind of chief international edison. richard, thank you so much for bringing us up to date the all right, let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world and the us secretary of state hans, me blinking as arrived in jordan. so talks on serious future lincoln was due to meet jordan's king abdullah and the red sea result town of africa. before traveling on to to keep later on thursday,

lincoln has cooled and serious new leaders to protects minorities and renounce terrorism. palestinian health officials say more than 2000 people have been killed in the laces round of his radio strikes, and garza medics said, one of the buildings hit was sheltering. a large number of displaced people and then from eunice, the funeral was held for 7 palestinians are fortunately killed while guarding a trucks. next month, us president joe biden has announced he is pondering 39 people and commuting the sentences of some 1500 others. it is the largest single day active clemency in modern us history. it comes a week off to biden's controversial decision to partner his son hunter. despite saying earlier that he wouldn't european union his ground simple guerria and romania full access to the use possible free travel. so all the checks for passengers were dropped earlier this year starting next month. land crossings will

no longer be subject to possible controls. you men, the austria lifted its veto after it said it's concerns about legal migration. one that now europe's central bank has cut its key lending rate for the full time this year. as the confidence economic slump shows no improvement, the cost of point costs means low. a borrowing costs for businesses and households . yet rates still remain high compared with just 2 years ago when the bank began slicing post to pandemic, inflation. europe's leading in economy using, including germany, have stagnated in recent years, with high borrowing cost, sharing some pulse of the blame from all on this, i'm joined now by state and basically from

a dw they're always good to see stephen and put this into perspective for us what does this mean for europe's economy? yeah, i mean, this is a step in the right in the right direction. the question really is, is it's a nuff, a quarter point reduction was expected by many, but many also believe that more could have been done. what happens when you lower interest rates is that you were encouraging borrowing because you're, you're essentially dropping the cost of borrowing. so for households for businesses, whether it's spending, whether it's investment, and that of course is what drives economies. the problem right now across europe is the consumers and businesses don't want to spend. they look around them and they see high costs. they see jobs in, in crisis, jobs being lost, right now they see award that's continuing ukraine. add to that the threat of tariffs this looming next year. and then on top of that, they have governments that are in crisis in france and in germany for example. so the prospects for growth are not especially good right now for the whole area, and that makes monetary policy decisions like this,

even more important. and that's why some people say that the c b has to actually do a bit more faster. okay, so is high inflation essentially over for now? or is it would seem that 1st of all, let's say the inflation was the reason these interest rates were raised in the 1st place, right? by raising the, the costs of borrowing money, then essentially you're going to help bring down infliction. that was the plan. it seems to be working. the latest rates are very close to what the c, b wants around 2 percent, but it's still on the high side. and there are still potentially shocks that could come in the future. i think that's what some people worry about. and what some people involved in this decision making are very concerned about. there is still a war and ukraine, there could still be price shocks, and it's not quite where they want it to be. that said, i think there's a lot more concern right now that the c b is so focused and has been so focus on inflation over the past 2 years. that is losing sight of just how bad the economy is here, and how much of a role it can play in growth. i was talking to one economist today who said, you know what? if the c b was going to follow its gut feeling, it would probably cut

a full half of points or twice what it did today actually. but if it follows the models that it has, which don't take into account future tariff hikes in the us, then it's probably gonna stay with a quarter point costs. and if you look at the switch central bank today, it cut by half a point saying, look at what's coming in the us, look at what's happening here in europe. we're concerned about that. so you see the different paths that central banks are taking. steven bisley from dw business days, and thanks so much i us. alright, we're going to get you a quick reminder of our top story this. our prime minister benjamin netanyahu says, is ready for us is, will remain in the golan heights until border security between israel and syria is guaranteed. is there any troops seized pulse of the heights earlier this week? it's also been conducting strikes against military targets in the area of that you are up to date coming up next. focus on europe. looks at why school

children in poland all guessing manda. treat full out of training. stay tuned. so that's if you can, i'm on you could split and then i'll be back at the top of the hour with more international headlines that you can join me then

the shooting practice. and it's now mandatory in poland. and it's been hugely pop, you know, due to the very host by neighboring russia. poland already has the most liberal gunning news in the e. u. is this a sign of hope for the future? overall, the focus on, you know, on d. w,

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on the everyday things around. when did they come from when, why did they have all the time? we can just search the day and take them out wherever the to hello and welcome to this week's edition of focus on europe. i'm glad you could join us, geography, math or for language. well, school children do have different preferences, but there's one subject now taught in code the schools which seems to be hitting the mark fire arms lessons. the subject now is compulsory beginning as early as junior high school. the ongoing war in ukraine has led to an extension of the