the, the, this is dw news live from berwin, tens of thousands protest against israel's handling a bit more in gaza. 6 months on mass rallies, intel a v even the other is rarely cities call for an immediate hostage deal with some us and new election. also coming up, mexico cuts ties with accurate or as police storm, its embassy, where a former ecuadorian leader had been taking a silent n thousands forced to flee their homes as a dam collapses in the russian city. of course, authorities open an investigation. and so why the structure fail, the

david limits welcome. at 6, 29 am local time is around march 6 months since the worst terror attack and its history is rarely president issac heard so excited. saturday demoss let us solve which killed some 1200 people began what he called a bloody and difficult war. according to the home us run health ministry, israel's response and gaza has killed more than $33000.00 palestinians. most of them civilians that military campaign has included assaults on medical facilities like gaza cities ship a hospital seems here being inspected by un observers. and now many israelis are questioning their government staging mass rallies, urging a deal to release from us health hostages,

or i'm calling for new elections. tens of thousands blocked the streets in tel aviv and across these rail. that anger pointed directly at the country's latest demonstrations against prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his right wing government would comment before the wall and fled back up. as the conflict dragged on, a cold refresh collections growing louder and more urgent. we demand election would be said as soon as possible, because this is doing everything they can to destroy the country. the demonstrations of focused on the safety and future of these rail well not. and he wore some protest is a voice studies with the way israel has conducted its assault on gaza.

we don't have another country for sex itself. but the act according to human rights. at the highest of the rallies is a demand to free all remaining hostages held in gaza. as people gathered for a weekend of protests. israel said special forces had recovered the body of a lead cuts here. the 47 year old died while held captive in the palestinian territory with his family say they believe he could have been saved. if these riley government had struck a deal to the families of other hostages, hoped that it's not too late. the israel to change tack and save their loved ones. the us and israel are on high alert, expecting retaliation for the bombing of it runs embassy in damascus on monday,

after funerals for the 7 members of the revolutionary guard who were killed. iran warrens that it reserves the right to quote, take a decisive response to iran says is really war plans were used in what it considers a major escalation and israel's war with its regional adversaries. earlier i spoke to iran security expert, ben, i'm ben tyler blue from the washington based research institute foundation for defense of democracies. i asked what these threats from iran could really mean. we've seen the clerical regime in the wrong promise something similar before. for example, in response to real or perceived threats from israel in 2022. and again in 2024, the regime ended up striking publicly from its own territory. the targets in iraq that ended up being the homes of curtis business and kit killing innocent civilians alleging that those targets for most our bases. in the past, these monica public has been increasingly interested in willing and able to publish

the launch missile operations, the more capable they have become. but thus far as history has never directly targeted is really territory publicly from its own territory using these weapons. and so what is the risk of us seeing a full, our regional war now? or there's certainly the risk. but looking at iranian commentary, particularly within the past 48 hours, while there is talk of quote unquote, a slap against israel and lots of political and security and military officials on a recently manufactured iranian holiday called codes day the other day, which is held that the last friday of the holy month of ramadan, between their commentary. if you're going to read between the lines. uh, was a lot about how we run felt in bold and because it sounds like it was already winning the battlefield through the post. october 7, middle east. so my assessment is that a run is likely not going to do something to shake off the current trajectory. so that might be not targeting is real directly or again, launching an attack against

a 3rd party country. or more likely, you'd even have to running political officials, talk about terrorism against is really embassies. so what capacity would iran they'll have to hurt as well? it broadly depends on how one defines her. it's, i mean uh, within the past 48 hours, you've had the wrong in a news agencies actually admit that this brigadier general that was killed into damascus right brigadier general, inside the allegedly part to grow health plan. the, the october 7 terrace attack, which is in erie slip of the, tell him given check, runs denials for the past 6 months. so clearly they have a robust terrorist apparatus in the past. these relays in the wrong hands have traded pharmacy cyberspace that could potentially continue as well. and it's also an open question because that ron was pointing a finger at america despite the very popular american denial. if it will resume militia attacks in the heartland of them, at least like an iraq and syria, against us positions in your assessment just briefly,

what could be done right now to de escalate the situation? if anything or you know, listen, this is, this is a really tough question, because i think the iranians at this point in time are politically locked in, they've sunk a lot of costs publicly and rhetorically about feeling the needs response. or the question is, how will they intend to say face here and work in the west and israel and others do to bolster determine is to limit any kind of potential are running response. and i'm ben, talent blue, senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracy. thank you so much for your time and your analysis. thank you. let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world. government backed candidate pets are pellegrini one. slovakia is presidential election and a close race is appointments of the largely ceremonial roll will be a boost to slovakia is pro russian prime minister roberts pizza. under features leadership, the nato member states has vowed not to get involved in defending its neighbor

ukraine against russia. we did a lot of difficulties. credit tuned berg has been arrested at a protest in the netherlands. authorities detains the sweetest climate activist along with others from the extinction rebellion group when they tried to block a highway and so the hague. the demonstrators are demanding an end to fossil fuel subsidies. well, nicaragua has joined to mexico and breaking off diplomatic ties with ecuador over a raid on the mexican embassy and quito. security forces detained, former ecuadorian vice president, jorge gloss, who had been given political asylum in the compound mexico. now plans to file a complaint at the international court of justice. police in quito guard the office of the prosecutor general. after they arrested ecuador, his former vice president, earlier on friday, mexico offered jorge eyeglass, political asylum. he is facing

a string of corruption charges from his time in office. a staff member from the mexican embassy made their opposition to the raid known global. how easy the criminals rated the mexican embassy in a quote. all right, but that's not possible because it can't be to know if it's mountainous northward. that said, this would not look good off the move to enter. a diplomatic compound is against convention, leading mexico to cut ties with its latin american neighbour. mixed the car with down to the immediate suspension of diplomatic relations with a quinoa. mexico will appeal to the international court of justice to hold a core door accountable for violations of international law. in the regular, jorge eyeglass, seeing here in 2017, took refuge in the embassy last december. after an arrest warrant for a legit, corruption was issued against him. he had previously been sentenced to 6 years in

jail for graft and was released just weeks before he entered the mexican embassy. the ecuadorian government said in a post that it is a sovereign country and will not allow any criminal to go on punished, adding they reiterate their respect for the mexican people who shared their feelings for the fight against corruption. in mexico city, a large police presence was also visible at the ecuadorian embassy after the regional spat escalated into a full blown diplomatic crisis. for more, i'm joined now by g w reporter arthur sullivan. he's been following this story for us. so arthur, why would ecuador take such a drastic step? yeah, certainly a drastic step david, but one that has been building, building towards this step over the last week in particular. so from eco doors perspective, this non horgan glass is

a fugitive from justice. someone who they feel entirely justified to go offering this way. from mexico's perspective, it's an egregious, an average breach of, of diplomatic norms of what they say is, is the, the norm and international relations. but where is it come from? so it's the particular building since december last year. when hor glass, who was a long serving left wing politician in ecuador, under the former left wing leader there raphael coretta. he would have been a very well known politician there, but he was convicted on charges. bread and corruption and other charges written to bribery was sent to prison. but he was released from prison in november 2022. and then since last december, he was given refuge in mexico and was there at the mc, but for the last few months that could or has been trying to get him back and then things we took a turn in the last week when the last wing populous leader of mexico, commonly known as lo, i'm lo and over a brother or he question, 1st of all like would always reason, presidential election question it's, it's conservative, strong my leader there and st. suggesting that the presidential election he won

last year had been perhaps in some way painted, also accusing uh, issues around the, the murder of, of the candidates. and these kind of issues coming up eventually then that the mexican ambassador was expelled. and it led to this incident, and where the, the embassy was rated and attempt to get them out of there. so that's just, it's been building towards the right. so these tensions have been building up over the last days. how serious of a violation of international law is this rating and other countries embassy? it's very serious. so the, the 1961 vienna convention is the framework by which diplomatic relations between international states has been established. and it's a major international trade which these countries are signatories. and it states states explicitly there that the premises, the diplomatic premises belonging to a country in another country, are inviolable in viable. there shouldn't be entered without the express permission of the head of admission. but that is obviously not happen here. ecuador has gone into the mexican embassy without any, any permission whatsoever. and so it is

a very, it's, and just put it in context. this did used to happen a lot more in, in the eighty's in latin america. but there hasn't been any similar incidents over the last 40 years. and so it is a really serious escalation by acro arthur sullivan. thanks so much for your insights to russia now where a damn collapse has forced thousands to leave their homes in. the city of orest. authorities have opened an investigation into wide torrential rains cause the structural failure near the border with context on this is the issue. city of force. usually the city straddles the liver, but now the river envelops the city. to venture rain close to nearby, down to best leading the boat to the levels, the surge to moon 8 and a half meters. that's more than for me to is about the safety levels of society. say it's like a device where the emergency service is evacuated,

hundreds of homes in the city booth do most of in the morning like fools, we refuse to evacuate. but when the water came, we started asking for help. it is thank you so much for ask a city of 230000 residents. live close to the border with cars like stone because like president describes the flooding as one of the west living memory. but i, that's why i put it on there cuz i natural disaster occurred to me in the likes of which had not been seen for many years. perhaps this is the largest disaster in terms of scale and consequences. in the last 80 plus years, russia has opened to criminal case and negligence and violation of construction safety rules over the best um, which has built in 2014. but for now, the emphasis isn't getting people's dynamos back to safety while you're up to date,

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