the zoe, i'm afraid i'll never see him again. no. when oh you lost under the stops december 18th on dw, the state of the news line from lane and german diplomats visit syria for talks with the countries new leaders they made for a model. sure, robbie had a v as in his group, the brought down the aside very shame for talks on the political transition process . also on the program, thousands of syria and doctors have become indispensable to germany's health care system. hospitals, now, staff shortages if they return, have despite heavy fighting in gaza, negotiated to assess these fibers way, and how much in each route may be within reach. we look, we take a look at goss in the hopes of a future. some is really is make plans to settle in the territory

phases of the rising death. so gripped the french territory of may, your following cycling. she to a cost using place to prevent losing as title, fuel supplies run, show the i'm feel welcome to the program. german diplomats in syria have held talks with the head of the rebel group. the brought down the government of bash on a side. the foreign ministry here in berlin says the delegation spoke with my voucher wrong. who leads the islamist group highest tucker out of shamble, h t. s. gym and diplomats also made direct come contact with other high ranking officials in the interim government. these are filed pictures of the age to athlete is also met representatives of other european countries and of the united nations.

let's get more from the w political correspondence. julia solve debbie welcome at julia while the gym and diplomats are trying to achieve. so this was the 1st time that german diplomats were back in damascus since 2012 since of the civil war in the country kicked off. and they were, they're speaking to, as you said, representatives of, of the transitional government to discuss how this transition can unfold a peacefully for syria. they said that the focus of the talks was on ensuring that the rights of minorities and the women especially are guaranteed in this transition in syria. they said the meeting also included talks with representatives of civil society and religious minorities. and they said they also inspected the building of the german embassy, which has been sitting empty in damascus since 2012. but we've also also heard from

the german 4 ministry that it says it is aware of the origins ups that its origins are grounded in. okay, to all kind of ideology and they say they're keeping a close eye on. uh wow. the group is going to act and, and, and, and move forward in this transition. right, on the removal of side has spot debates here in germany about returning syrians to the home country, one of our gym and its political policy, se, as well. we have heard from the day after the fall of a side coming, especially from a parties on the far right. and the conservatives calls for syrians to return to syria. now that the re g regime has fallen, we've heard from ali side on the leader of the far right as the she said that the german, these borders are now closed. and she called for all the people who were celebrating of the fall of us out on the streets of germany to return to syria. we've also

heard from the conservative, see to you from one of its main personalities in a former health industry and spawn. he said that germany should organize a charter flights for syrians who want to return to syria and offer them an incentive of a 1000 euros to do so. now a different position coming from the german chancellor, all of shaun's. he said in a speech directed also to syrians in germany that a new syrians who wants to be in germany are obviously welcome in the country. and he said that some statements coming from politicians have the stabilize many a fellow syrian citizens here in the country. but to find out what a syrians in germany actually think about this whole debate, i met a syrian doctor who's been here in germany since 2015. let's have a listen to, to what he has to tell me the. this is a far cry from is words treating war injuries in the syrian civil war. but in 2015,

a lot of the left of the mask is hospital where he'd worked to come to germany. now a doctor on an emergency war, just east of berlin. the 38 year old treats very different injuries. still the german hospital now feels like home. it feels like a big family. that's what i need it actually. and we have like we, we experience a lot of things together like emergencies. some they are about and worse than others. some of these are great, so that's what i liked this identity ross, i need also, and i get it here in addition to a great team. so i couldn't ask for more doctors, one of the around 6000 syrian doctors in germany who work in hospitals or doctors offices, syrians make up the largest group before and doctors in the country. and now the sudden fall of the a side regime has raised the question, what would happen to germany's health care system if these doctors begin returning to syria? now i'm in

a conk annoies on functions that we have the same problem in almost all the hospitals where vacancies are difficult to fill because of demographic trends. we have an aging population, including among doctors who are leaving the profession, and relatively few younger ones are coming in, which is why we are dependent on doctors from e, you know, new countries. i'm movies. oh, that's hospitals. supervisor says she has become an essential member of her team. she says is experienced back in war torn syria sets them apart. but if he returned, she would lose a valuable colleague and a friend. i don't think our house system could so wife is all those colleagues from other countries would go back home or even now with all this or in doctors here in our hospitals. we were looking for colleagues as das was overjoyed when you heard about the end of besides regime. but he says it's too early to tell whether

he will go back. i can tell you i or i can assure you others that mean like many other of sir young people in germany, not only doctors, but syrians in general, so long to go back to a home which is stable where we can live like in p as in victor, so if our home could provide that in the next few years, i think a lot of people would consider going back today as off as german citizenship and says it's place right now is in germany doing the job he loves. but he is full of optimism for serious future and says he can't rule out going back one day. so julia saw that a give him the shortages that you mentioned, all efforts being made to try and persuade the savings to stay as well. we haven't seen any specific efforts now coming out of the government, specifically directive towards the syrians given the situation now after the fall

of us side in syria. but to the government has been trying now for the last couple years, at least to implement measures that can make the country more attractive to 4 and workers. in general, germany has a big gap to fill in the labor market and authority say the only way to actually be able to fill that gap is by attracting for and workers. and many different fields of medicine and health care is one of the most affected, not only doctors, but also nurses in other care personnel. and germany does hope to see that these measures will actually bring a more workforce to the country. but something i've also discussed with a mr. other off and also with his supervisor is that a big issue is also the welcoming culture that is important to foster in germany. but especially in the medical profession, it has to be made more attractive. for example, the wrote, the big staff shortages have made conditions quite difficult for doctors in germany,

over worked a stressful environment. i often lack of the latest technology. so these are all issues that can be addressed at the systemic level, but also in individual hospitals. and it's an issue definitely in health care, but also in other sectors. we see a syrian people employed in germany in different sectors. we've heard a lot of different industries, a speak up and say that it is important that a syrian workers don't leave the country, isn't that they are allowed to stay here because they're such an important part of a german business. okay, julie, thank you for that. do the political correspondent, julia, sound w, as let's say, is finding the 14 month conflict between israel and her boss. a could soon be agreed. us officials say that a grounds for cautious optimism after the us after us egyptian and catalin negotiate just made an intensive push to advance sci fi tools. is jerusalem

correspondent, tanya crane. well i think a lot of mixed feelings about the to know hopes are off, but then in the policy i have seen a lot of disappointments and i think this goes as well. so the palestinians in gauze, i really want to see a cease fire. the under constant bombardment, they're also going to see obviously what the near future will bring as is where the government has not really laid out, laid out a plan for the day often. and that leaves the door open for so many scenarios. as you see in this report, but in this route also, the pressure is mounting on the government to close a deal, especially from the families and relatives and friends of those hostages that remain in garza. obviously they have been saying a for over a year that's been of demonstrating cooling on the government to bring these hostages home. and they house to the back of most of the is rarely see

a majority according to polls. once you see uh the is rarely hostages approve over to you to bring them home back to as well. but there's also some opposition, especially on the political a far right. they don't want to see so many of you yet, i'm specified number of palestinian prisoners. husband is very prisons to be released, but over all people in as well as saying that cannot be a total victory as prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been saying. and he has also been accused by many to stole these talks. he denies that, of course, but without this, this can be a victory in gaza over how most. so tonya crime in jerusalem. well, despite those hopes of a cease fire fighting in the gaza strip is continuing at the same time ultra nationalist is right, is making plans to resettle an onyx pasta botanic tree is tonya is reports on this

document. differing visions for post will cause a palestinians, and if somebody's right is this is what the hell off and sent you a gone. so it looks like i'll see you within here of presenting please for states it and then came here from dallas to city. the former body building champion has been displaced 9 times. that's lock button biggest dream is to return the call to the city. we dream every day about our homes and neighborhood, visit our neighbors and friends, but we have begun to feel that a return is impossible. the united nation says over 90 percent of p thing garza has been made homeless and forcibly displaced since the war began. in 14 months, oh, for the is very military has divided the colors, a strip into several parts of buffer zone appears to run along its eastern border and the territory is effective to divided into north and south by the newly created . and it's a reason corey, the military tech points make,

it's practically impossible for palestinians to return home to the north and the destruction officer mims, this satellite picture shows central acosta in september 2023. this is the same place within minutes of the inquiry door running from east to west in november 2024 a world of way. and israel a need to talk of dreams of going back to go. so jason is raising lift in the mid. so have any such imagined sense because of, for 30 years. such elements are deleted under international know, in 2005, israel unilaterally dismantled as 21 supplements in ga, sounds. what it was coming as we were asked to leave a forced to live in 2005. we said you're gonna see these rackets coming into israel . oh, it's going to go to television and, and it's not logical because there's never going to be peace. if we don't want to

live next door to each other and it's never c and there aggressive, that's the type of people that's their culture and when week. so we have a tool, the 7 see the stream is take over and there are many people that would love to live . if we want to have this, we have to be in charge and know this is so close is real. this has to be part of is a flat tri nationalist like tucker. i hope that if the military stays in gaza is very easy supplements and the palestinian territory will follow. also establishing settlements and golf and it's not an official, it's really come from the policy. many on the right open the discuss it. this member of kinetic from newton young's. the quick part the says, the is really military will likely stay inside garza for years to come. right. there needs to be a very hard and painful payment in land from the area that

made this roche as attacks against our civilians. therefore, we need to take the landing to occupy it and after we do so and apply is where the silver and the t. uh settlements and then you know, the villages and towns will be there, change the quote for, for history to look at. but this opposition party leaders says such plans are dangerous for israel out even for me. and the only reason why we don't have an agreement with her moss and finishing the war is because the extreme writing is a diction rights is willing to continue this woolforth, tennessee. and to take the opportunity of this war. in fact, to re establish settlements inside the guards of street, this is totally unacceptable. and we are going to fight it in the palestinian statement as though for an offense, this international pressure is needed to try to stop any plans for an exemption in

gaza or the occupied westbank. we have been under occupation for so long and it's only a time for exercising. all right, for says donation and materializing state on the ground after what has happened in the last year and gaza with all the the casualties, the killing, the destruction. everything that published and you have been undergoing the, in the immense suffering compounding the previous suffering only deserves that the one looks at our plight in a motor spot for manner. and looks at us as human beings to with more and more people being displaced by israel's continuing military invasion of northern garza. many fearful about what's to come to the left. fathers and grandfathers were told in 1948 they would return soon. but they did not, as always,

we fear this will happen to us again. for many see it nicest about surviving from day to day. and the thoughts of the future are on home and take a look now at a couple of most doors making headlines. i will stop on the south pacific island of yvonne. the walk through with police say at least 14 people have died and $200.00 have been injured after tuesday's massive, quite a 7 point full magnitude event cost buildings to collapse in the capital port. the rest of us and i was searching for survivors. the u. s. friends and australia have sent aid and rescue teams to help me company efforts to reach you. i am the man accused of killing united health care. c e o. brian thompson in new york has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism. is the thompson was shot dead in

the street early this month. prosecutors are still trying to expedite the suspect to a new your quote from a pennsylvania jack carl lease could vanishing as little as a decade impacting nearly a 1000000000 people benefit from the marine ecosystems. as according to a landmark, you run a report by global bio diversity experts fast warming sees over fishing and ocean pollution. a said to be putting accordable lease on costs for extinction of all sorts. he's in the french overseas territory of may. yachts have announced a night time to you to prevent looting in the aftermath of cycling chito. the strongest storm to hit the islands in almost a century left at least 22 people dead. but also as a sphere, hundreds possibly thousands of people have been killed. days of to the west, natural disaster in mild recent history. the archipelago is still covered in the ruins of homes and businesses. the french government says daily flights of bringing

military personnel along with food, water, and medicine. but some of the co say they aren't seeing any results just so that these are the thick uh how different parts is it since saturday morning when the cycling past and just 3 and a half hours. nothing has really happened. uh no sir. apart from us the, the people trying to clear, you know, good nasal, i haven't seen any municipal services. and if i get service ticket while the wide spread damaged infrastructure is easy to see. the human cost of the site closes, being honda to measure with so much trouble left to search through health officials via the final death total will be far higher than preliminary numbers suggest a separate inspect the high a number of tests and a known to the flu we have in the emergency department does not correspond to the seriousness of the situation. it leads us to believe that people have died from

says president, to manual, not crohn is due to visit this week. a symbolic visit, the many miles on the mainland fronts. se should have come soon to go from john this daniel brown in paris. welcome daniel. a 4 days after cheeto struck estimates of the number of dead very widely. what are you hearing? well, i'm hearing that. so it's so it's an islands where people should be aware that it's a despite thing was then half the size of prelim. it's dominated by rugged hailey so right. and that's difficult to navigate, especially when the roads and bridges have been damaged by the cycling. many communities and my oats are located in remote areas, especially in the north that are hard to reach. and so they are the most effective by the psych plugs authorities. and 8 organizations are working to clear these

roads, restored communication networks, and deploy additional personnel to, to overcome these challenges. we managed to reach people. so this is what we do know. there has been some looting in some areas and that's created a sense of insecurity for both residence and relief workers and the price because she wasn't quite as last night to prevent this extending, i can detail that if you want. we also know that this place people and they number as much as a 3rd of the 320000 miles. the inhabitants are hesitant to use these emergency shelters, and many are undocumented, and they fear, but the police and the insecurity. i knew you mentioned the, the, the loosing of that and what was going on that, that caused this a few to be installed as well. it seems that the entire islands of my yields has been put on this 1st to a few uh, between 10 pm and 4 am. and uh,

that's because uh, the people are experiencing heights intentions and civil disturbances. no home. bailey here is reporting a rise in lawlessness including looting and violence. no, it's the same time because she is in miss really seen as a temporary measure and authorities will assess the security situation to determine if an extension is necessary. but this violence is a longstanding issue fails since existing infrastructure was already under strain due to both the population grows and under investments and, and the less the island less prepared for a disaster of this magnitude. we heard in the report the diamonds is unhappy about relief efforts. what is the relief in rescue a situation as well? yeah, there is dire need for steve clean watts or medical supplies and

a shelter for the display stuff. the problem here is that the islands ports which are vital for the importation of goods, have been severely impacted and some have been damaged or blocked by debris and this ongoing and red stuff. and that's been him during the, the flow of essential the supplies, including food, medical aid and fuels. um, but as you say, some of the local residents feel the government's response has been slow and insufficient. particularly in addressing visa media needs of a population in this sense of neglect by parents has led to public frustration, winter months for more direct assistance, faster interventions. and this, despite the outgoing governments, sending some a to including military and police reinforcements. okay, thank you for that, daniel janice, daniel brown in paris. thank you to

rush away investigates as say, a suspects has been detained, of the murder of general eagle kitty laws in moscow, and those back nationals been arrested on suspicion of carrying out the attack. and the orders from ukraine, kia for the q is the general k hold off of being involved in the use of chemical weapons tubing brushes more assets. dash cam footage shows the moment an explosive device killed. general igor, kira last and his assistant outside of moscow apartment, building investigators are searching for clues to piece together the circumstances of what appears to be the targeted killing of one of russia's top military leaders by ukraine. the bomb was so powerful that it shattered several windows and damaged the front door. shortly after the attack, the ukrainian officials said keep security service was behind it most lots. and

this was a really filigreed job. i don't know how else to say to ensure i take my head off towards special forces, would accomplish this task section to meet you. but it's no secret that we have a fairly extensive network in russia, which is coordinated by the security service of ukraine, which is the main intelligence directory, quote. and the special operations forces of the for an intelligent surface pros, if you feel that much botanical parts east, which we saw you alls with russian authorities said the explosive device was planted inside an electric scooter, and was detonated remotely from the deputy head of russia. security council vowed revenge. a little slow shape of those law enforcement agencies must find the killers in russia, and everything must be done to destroy their pay masters in ki, in each total. it was like a ship. the pay masters are also known. they are the military and political leadership of ukraine go,

what's great. this we have looks as well as your carrie law was the head of the russian military's chemical, biological and radiological weapons unit. he was also considered a key figure why you've been russia's war against ukraine. so thought a lot of those just a day before he was killed. so she knew carol off was charged in up, sent to you by ukrainian court, for russia's use of band chemical weapons. in ukraine and he had also been sanctioned by britain for using chemical weapons on the battlefield. luncheon colored young. as a reminder of our top story, at this hour of the german diplomats fencing syria, half about the head of the rebel group that broke down the government of bass, shot out a side buildings. foreign ministry says, but that occasion spoke with last month i was shot about the political transition process and set you up today a lot more. well, here's at the top of the, our next own thing, dump new, closer. looking at the identity crisis amongst

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