let's get more on this from dw correspondent rebecca ritter's injuries for them. good morning, rebecca prime minister benjamin netanyahu is vowing a tough response to the latest attacks. what does that mean in terms of concrete measures? good morning, claire. yes, that sir. i benjamin netanyahu has come out pretty strong. it's the 1st challenge of his government. the 1st real test of his new right wing government in the face of these terror attacks they held a 3 and a half hour security briefing last night as security cabinet meeting, where 6 measures were decided on those measures, measures included ad house demolitions or the house ceiling and demolitions of of the families or the houses of that where the terrorists live. and they want to cut social benefits to the families of any one involved in the terror attacks. or any one that they say is hovering. terrorism is connected to the attackers and they also want to expedite civilian gun licenses that mean something that's been ongoing in this country for some time. they want to allow it to basically be easier for

urge abbas to de escalate tension and resume security coordination with his real correspondent rebecca ritters joins us now from jerusalem. so what's expected from today's meetings with the palestinian president? well, as you just mentioned, sarah march, like what was discussed here when blinking met benjamin netanyahu here in jerusalem yesterday. of course de escalation is going to be high on the agenda. this visit does come a time of rising tensions here and escalation of violence. and a call for com will be the main message when he meets with the president mahmoud abbas in the west bank later today. another thing, as you mentioned, is a security coordination, which was severed on thursday after a debbie raid in the west bank that something that he will urge the palestinian president to reinstate a coordination security coordination between is raw or israel and the palestinian authority that hill no doubt urge is very beneficial for both sides. another thing potentially on the agenda is hill urge the palestinians to stop pursuing israel in international court. that's namely the i c, j and i

the stone german parliament here in berlin, in an interview with our correspondent rebecca ritters. he spoke of his reasons for changing his mind about visiting germany. in other is an interesting just addition, not many just do it these days, but that still exists. the argos that keep it small part of the wall in the department, in their home, not painted. why? in order to remember the destruction of jerusalem, 2000 years ago, every time they said they remembered that journals that it was destroyed to 1000 the years ago than the temple was destroy. that's the reason i did it. it's my stain on the, on the wall, and when i look at the map of the places i visited a white and stain on the map of europe in germany. and i remember why i don't visit germany. it's to keep, to give my respect to the 6000000 jews that were married, but the same reason that prevented me from visit to germany this day is there isn't . that brings me to germany now was chairman of the machine. because the chairman of yet, by visiting germany, i have the ability to amplify remembrance of the show to amplify the

as part of his 3 day middle east visit as get more or less remark correspondent in jerusalem. rebecca ritters welcome rebecca, until he blinked his visit was planned some time ago. is it likely to help to ease a current tensions? well, that's certainly a question everyone here is asking, certainly hoping could be a potential outcome. of course, the visit comes at a time, as you mentioned, a very high tensions things were already tense before the event of from thursday, friday and saturday. but now they are extremely high. but as you say, well, this was a long planned trip and it's not really remains to be seen whether the, the main aims of this trip will really have changed all that much, of course, and in a blink. and we'll be bringing with him condolences and a real show of support for its ally, israel in the wake of the horrific tax on friday and saturday. but among those topics, anthony blinking will also have high on his agenda discussions about iran and also an expansion of the abraham records. they are, of course, the normalization of relations between israel and its neighbors, particu

something that was said after the ride in the west bank on thursday to w correspondent, rebecca ritters into rosalind. thank you. rebecca record rainfall is pounding new zealand, north island for a 3rd straight day, triggering more flash floods and landslides. the death toll has risen to for auckland, the country's largest city has been under a state of emergency. prime minister cris hipkins has described the flood as unprecedented waiting waste deep alt glendora is fought to bring their families and pets to safety. dozens of homes have been damaged beyond repair and residents are processing the shock. and there was just a swarm of people um, push responders and leave with them, which was really good to say. and then i looked at also the devastation and it's a family home with children or not. fortunately, if we've already got a, our prime minister, chris hipkins flew in to assess the extent of the damage. the mit service has consumed that use that i was ocwen's weakest day on record and hearing just surveyed some of the extent of damage both on the ground and in the year. that's clear

by pressing our, i'll correspondent rebecca ritters is in jerusalem with more. hi rebecca. now what can you tell us about what came out of today's meeting with the palestinian president? so to me, as was expected and as your reporting de escalation was really top of the a gender it today's meeting. blaine can cold for calm on the side of the palestinians, much as he did when he was here yesterday in jerusalem. and speaking with benjamin netanyahu. he's eco, for d escalation of the tensions which have been really high for months now at least 9 months, if not up to a year. they really reached a peak at the weekend, which coincided with this trip and he's, he's calling to calm things down. he doesn't want things to spiral out of control. he showed so solidarity for the palestinian plight. say, reiterating what he said in a meeting with netanyahu, that the u. s. opposed any anxious action by either side, that makes a 2 state solution more difficult. as you mentioned, he sent condolences for the innocent palestinians who lost their lives in the last year. in more concrete terms,

washington support for a 2 state solution, albeit without proposing any new initiatives. correspondent rebecca ritters is in jerusalem with more. rebecca, what came out of today's meeting with the palestinian president? well, tell me the news is still coming out her. the statements are coming out as we speak her. a was largely as we expected, the meeting to go. we knew that, but blinkin was here to call for calm that something that he has done, he's reiterated his is calls to deescalate the rising tensions of really the last year. but also that the were peaking in the last few days that something that he did discuss with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. he showed salad solidarity with the plight of the palestinians reiterating at what he said after the meeting with benjamin netanyahu. here in jerusalem yesterday that the u. s. opposed any action by either side that makes a 2 state solution more difficult. he gave his condolences to the palestinian president and of the palestinian paypal for the lives lost or over the last 12 months. let's not forget that this comes at a time of high tensions.

palestinian president mahmoud abbas as part of his 3 day middle east visit or after correspondent rebecca ritter's injury slim whether anthony blanket, a visitor, was likely to help current tensions. ah, of course a visit comes at a time as you mention of very high tensions. things were already tense before the events of from thursday, friday and saturday. but now they are extremely high. but as you say, well, this was a long planned trip and it's not really remains to be seen whether the, the main aims of this trip will really have changed all that much of course and in a blink. and will be bringing with him condolences and a real show of support for its ally, israel in the wake of the horrific tax on friday and saturday. but among those topics, anthony blink. and we'll also have high on his agenda discussions about iran and also an expansion of the abraham records. they are, of course, the normalization of relations between israel and its neighbors, particularly looking towards saudi arabia. so they can be to a very k policy topics that will be discussed as well. as of course, there will be some

for rebecca d w, correspond rebecca ritters in jerusalem let's go through a quick look at some more stores making headlines around the world. and i will start in peru where lawmakers are considering bringing forward the election to try to end weeks a violent protest if approved polls plan for 2026 could be held this year. protesters have been demanding fresh action since former president pedro castillo, was removed from office in december. germany pledged 200000000 euros to help brazil protect the amazon rain forest where deforestation searched under the far right, former president john bolton, aro, announcement was made shortly before the german chancellor left shots that landed in the country is the 1st western leader to meet with that new president lou silva, i since his inauguration this month. you zealand is raising for more heavy rain this week, following the new severe weather alerts, least 4 people have died in flash, floods, landslides, or cleans under a state of emergency order. on friday, the city experienced its worst down for on reco. what engine billionaire? what home? a dann

and he told our correspondent rebecca ritters about his reasons for changing his mind here. or there is an interesting, deuced addition, not many just do it these days, but that still exists. the objects that keep it small part of the wall in the apartment, in their home not painted. why? in order to remember the destruction of jerusalem, 2000 years ago, every time they see, they remembered that generals, that it was destroyed, 2000 years ago than the temple was destroy. that's the reason i did it. it's my staying on the, on the wall. and when i look at the map of the place as a visitor, they see a white stain on the map of europe with germany. and i remember why i don't visit germany. it's to kip, to give my respect to the 6000000 jews that were murdered. but the same reason that prevented me from visiting germany this day is there isn't. that brings me to germany now as chairman of a ship. because as chairman of the other bush and by visiting germany, i have the ability to amplify remembrance of the shore to amplify the respect that the spade to the victims. not only on a

brent: that was rebecca ritters reporting.ussian and belarusian athletes look set to compete at next year's paris olympics. the international olympic committee say no athlete should be prevented from taking part because of their nationality. but some ukrainian athletes are saying that that decision, quote, endorses russia's invasion of ukraine. dw news spoke to one of them, the olympic high jumper yaroslava mahuchikh. reporter: yaroslava mahuchikh is back to doing what she does best. she's one of the world's top high jumpers, a bronze medalist in 2021, and she will be hoping for even better in paris this year. but mahuchikh is adamant she does not want russian and belarusian athletes there with her. >> they died for me. they don't exist in my life, like before. because it all changed for all ukrainian people, for all of ukraine. and we continue fighting for our lives. reporter: the international olympic committee sees things differently. last year it recommended russian and belarusian athletes be excluded from international co