the, the, this is the, the, the lose coming to live from berlin. israel reopens a lifeline for the people of god, desperately needed humanitarian aid is now being allowed into the territory through the arrows crossing, which have been closed since the october 7th terror attacks. also coming up demonstrations continue outside new york city's columbia university after police clear the pro palestinian camp on the colleges grounds. but the crack down is doing nothing to stop the spread of student live protests across the u. s. plus george's capital sees another night, a violent protest, demonstrators and to police a clash with police after lawmakers advance of bill. the critics say could the rail

george's hopes of joining the e u the below him. terry martin, thanks for joining us. israel has reopened, the area is border crossing into northern guys for humanitarian agents, the only crossing into the north of the territory. but it was closed the following . hamas is october 7th terror attacks you military and agencies had been calling for it to open for months to allow them to deliver desperately needed food and medicine to hundreds of thousands of civilians at risk of famine. for more of this, let's bring in our correspond rebecca richards, she's in jerusalem, rebecca, how much of an impact will the opening of the arrows crossing have on the humanitarian situation and godson swell? every piece of age that makes it into the best age skiles?

a strip helps terry every bag of rice, every box of medical supplies. but you know, it has to be said that this opening all the areas is no, no going to be a silver bullet for the humanitarian situation in gaza. of course it's location in the north of the gaza strip, as you just said, will allow full, that humanitarian a, that makes it through to, you know, go around some of the logistical issues that are beset on the a. that's trying to get into the noise from the south, including looting and having to go through is where the check points and also coming on the file from his reading bombing. so obviously this is a positive step. we know that the noise desperately needs more humanitarian aid. some of the most acute humanitarian situations happening in that northern part of the strip, the un warning of disease and eminence, simon. so you know, it is definitely st as a positive sign. as you mentioned, many people questioning why it's taking so long, it's probably no coincidence that it was opened yesterday when secretary of state anthony lincoln was visiting the us,

have been putting an immense amount of pressure on israel to make sure that they get more humanitarian. i into the strip but also if you look at the figures of trucks going through and making it through into gaza, we actually sold a few, a trucks passed through the cam tional and rafa crossings yesterday and the day before from him, from previous days last week so, you know, whether or not this makes a huge impact of cost remains to be seen as a temporary measure. and we're not sure exactly how many trucks will be passing through and whether or not that'll even be happening on a daily basis. meanwhile ceasefire talks between israel and some of us are on going uh, has there been any movement there? rebecca is always saying in the last couple of days on friday, there was an is riley delegate, sorry, an addiction delegation here in israel. now they took back with them accounts that proposal from israel, that has been with him off the officials for the last few days. we're waiting an onset to see how they'll respond. there's been some reports that site and i'm also

officials and lebanese media to suggest that the response is likely to be negative . but that doesn't mean that the talks will completely collapse way hearing. but if i can also offer a gain, some of their uncounted proposals and i'm in the middle amendments to the current deal. now the deal way hearing that's currently being mailed over, is talking about something along the lines of a 40 day ceasefire, during which time they'll be 8 to 10 hours, all of no planes or drawings line over the goal is a strip. we're talking about the somewhere between $20.00 to $33.00 hostages, women elderly and even including some female soldiers we're told will be released in a phased a phased process in exchange for more palestinian prisoners. now we're also hearing that is ralph has included a close that moved, but we'll see a sustained period of calm. now that's a direct quote from what we're hearing is on that proposal, but it falls short of the permanent se file the moved move towards a permanent se,

saw that hamas is demanding. so that's part of the reason we think we're hearing that. i'm also likely to, to refuse the deal. and in fact, benjamin netanyahu saying in the last couple of days that he will go into rafa with or without a deal, gives a mouse, potentially even less incentive to accept this deal. knowing that it will just finding more zoom in the off them off. rebecca, thank you very much. our correspond to rebecca rivers there in jerusalem. are now to the united states where protests are continuing to spread the universities across the country. leading to more confrontations with authorities, the chaotic scenes paulo, a night of unrest and violence on campuses in new york and los angeles leading to hundreds of arrests. you're looking at live pictures now from the university of california at los angeles, where police have mast following classes between protesters and counter protesters

. they ordered a large group of demonstrators to leave the area or face arrest majority of these demonstrators, our students making a stand against israel's actions in gaza. they're calling for the universities and colleges to financially di, best from israel for the from coast to coast more and more us university campuses of it coming back to the grounds with all sorts. he's quoting us, stand off with pro palestinian protest as many of them students like here at the university of wisconsin and madison were now familiar scene plays out as police officers move in to cleave a make shift camp leading to classes in new york city apart. you with and more that as for right across the us, authorities are cracking down on campus protests over the war ring. gaza moving in

to clear occupied buildings. the new york police arrested around 300 protesters during rates on 2 campuses on tuesday nights. but it's the little to that uh, those comes out to the cities for them. university who's done domino as offices move in on the other side of the country at the university of california in los angeles. demonstrate as we build that barricades. but now onto a heavy police presence classes were canceled table wednesday, following on the rest spot by clashes between israel supporters and those come towns on sites and there's still a simmering tension of the white house as president biden is. monitoring the unfolding chaos on college campuses. very closely,

the americans have the right to peacefully protest. they have the right to peacefully process as long as it's within the law, and that it's peaceful force for loose forcibly taking over the building is not peaceful. it's just not students have the right to feel safe, they have the right to learn that that message is likely to fall on deaf is as more and more campuses become gripped by process with universities and the all sorts. he's struggling to strike a balance between allowing demonstrations to continue while maintaining low. i know to do w, corresponded benyamin over as goober is at columbia university in new york, you describe the situation there for us. the situation at columbia university is now called, but still a, the access to the columbia campus that you can see here behind us is a quite restricted, only essential stuff. and the students living inside currently have access. and

it's very hard also for the media coverage because media has not been allowed to enter to see how they hold it was occupied by the students and was then overtaken again and by police is looking right now. we're also waiting for answers from the office of the president of columbia university, about the visitation is a really dynamic that could indeed be changes because as also what we see in another university in a new york right now with that being arrest carried out. but for now, the situation here in columbia is quite peaceful right. to sketch up on a few other stories making headlines around the world today. the manhattan district attorney's office is former hollywood producer harvey weinstein, will be retried in new york, after his 2020 rape conviction was overturn. last week, why st appeared before a judge in new york city? he had been serving a 23 year sentence, more than 80 women have accused of of sexual misconduct. state media in china now

say 36 people died when a stretch of highway collapsed, overnights and long dung. providence. the accident caused over 20 vehicles to become trapped. authorities say the collapse was caused by the impact of persistent heavy rain. the british gap says it has collected the 1st group of asylum seekers for deportation under the so called rewan to act. the home office posted a video of a raid at an undisclosed location, human rights groups to criticize the new law which allows the deportation of on authorized migrants. lawmakers in georgia have approved a 2nd reading of a controversial so called for an agents bill. if the legislation becomes law, it will require immediate and civil groups that receive more than 20 percent of their funding for abroad to register as being under for an influence. protestors

based off against police outside parliament in the capital tbilisi on wednesday night. opponents say the bill with restrict basic freedoms and is similar to a law being used to silence government critics in russia. large protest against the legislation have become a regular occurrence. enjoy which let's cross straight over to, to police the now where our correspondent maria, cause have bots. it has been following this story for us. if you've talked to those who are protesting against this bill, what is it exactly that they have just object to it? why do they want this legislation stall of the it was a very long not yesterday and the see the protest we are expecting that the protest will continue today as well. the protest there is a few for that. so the government is drifting away from you or,

or the process of telling me that the government is trying to sabotage the you passed a georgias and they are very fearful that russia may be taking over in the country . for instance, i talked with a female to test and she told me that she doesn't want to go back to rochester to decide that she was invest shaw. the georgia was with restaurants for many, many years for the same choice. and now they say that the west is their way, and this is the will of the majority of the georgia. and so if we look at the polls, they indeed indicate that more than 80 percent support your integration yesterday also we had a very, very strong messages and slogans from the protest as they were chanting your trade to you. i put in slaves referring to the m p 's who voted in favor

of the so called for an agent sale. so we can see that the georgia is the protest of a please hear the treating this for an agent sale as an, as the special thrive to bad democracy and their freedom. tell us more about the ruling party that sponsored this bill. critics accused in the being pro russian is a really because it's indeed it is very interesting to look close at the ruling party and the fonts are, uh, because we live and especially the billing there who made his fortune in russia in 92. he's a widely believed here in georgia, the as it i do believe that he's pulling the strings behind the contents and he's seen as a de fox, the leader of georgia. this week he made a very aggressive speech to aggressive towards the was he thought that the west

is responsible for the war uh, between russian georgia in 2008 and for, for the in going for a new crane. so we can see lots of criticism towards the west from the, from the lead up so that you formally, that we should say of georgia and also it's, it's so important to highlight that he's a very enigmatic person. does he have ins, really? he rarely speaks to the media, especially to the westman john list, but we do know from various reports that he has connections with russian only god who are friends also with fulton. so, protests is he, i really wanted that this guy because we never really could be the uh, you know, someone who's actually pursuing a russian interests here in georgia. now before this controversial legislation, this bill becomes law. the, it still needs to pass

a 3rd reading in parliament. is it likely to get that final approval? maria? well, it looks like the government is not ready to back down on. they are going. they're going ahead with this bill. the protests us will also say that it's very unlikely that the government will drop the bills. um, but they say that the next selection is october upcoming elections and october will that's reminds the future of the current government and the future of before an agent fail rate. thank you very much. that was the w. 's. maria cause a month to into believe spell armenia says it's willing to return it. several villages is controlled since the 1990s to azerbaijan. it's been hailed as a historic step towards achieving lasting peace between 2 arch rivals. but it's not

pleasing every one. the enclaves are mostly uninhabited, and only a few people will be directly affected, but local, armenians who live close to the border or angry and worry. they could be next day that we just finding fault chat reports from tumbush province in northern our media, which is on the border with us or by john barb wire along the edges of travelers. providence, here in northern armenia, marks where this country ends and azerbaijan begins for now. and on the time that i was young was born here. life is hard, there, not enough jobs, but the land is for a child. she says her guard and it's her pride. she fears the new boy did the medication, could put her house officially azerbaijan, with a people many here dislikes so much. they called them to uninstall us. we are told that this road in bridge belong to text with not giving the me the most think the

government has promised some form of compensation. she says. but that's not what you want. you can go to this, or this is my own media land, and i don't want to leave the armenians azerbaijan neighbors with the bloody his story to wars and many conflicts . in the past 3 decades. armenia now wants to give these full full ma, azerbaijan villages back. they are uninhabited, but local geography and administrative borders mean several other nearby armenian villages will be effected. the landing question is only a few square kilometers, but that's not the point for people living in this area. armenians here are afraid losing patches of land in the name of peace. they said, and you boat,

we literally bring an old enemy azerbaijan, closer, and they're worried. azerbaijan was once more, and i mean, he is prime minister nicole pushing young, visited last months to tell locals, like condo, there was no other option on or how the border is a certain guarantee, a piece. but we must always remember that something may not go as planned, but if everything goes as we a plan, we should stay in a dialogue with each other. you know somebody, armenia, is it crossroads prime and it's still pushing. yeah. and has been a strategic partner of poor teens, russia, but he's criticized russia for re simply failing to prevent its author ally, azerbaijan. taking over ned gore. no car of us. pushing young has been looking for security guarantees with the west. how dangerous and effective will it be for armenia to expend relations with western powers to help keep the peace with us or by john without creating a problem with russia?

we don't have choice either. i mean, yeah, for the kids, it was a best that russia is a provider of security. it's adults. so you should try to find it somewhere else for because i budgeted points of you. uh they go is the p. so the goal is to use piece agreement as an instrument continuing to push, or that'd be, yeah, that's what many armenians even hear in europe on fee or full suggested things that concerned and the most our national security and board durations it doesn't excite . we don't want to be the one piece, but we've as about johnny's is impossible to negotiate peace in publish province. so close to the border, relics can still be found from hostilities in the 19 ninety's. so in order to similar shall landed here and here is the shrapnel here,

here and here. so for the fighting is seen as a real possibility. leo of course, done yet, is a veteran. he says, you fierce armenia wouldn't get much help against the neighbors to go to if there's no use, it will be good. we cannot fight the trouble. the whole world stands by them. so unfortunately, i don't know how to get on the new board or quit foot the grandchildren school right next to azerbaijan. we are afraid we weren't allowed kids to go. the doctor, the young people were leaves just finished. have those who have small kids. people will leave. this isn't the process. opposition. politicians made a trip from armenia as capital europe on to these little villages near the border to support your use locals. they are worried land that they make

a living on may be returned to azerbaijan, and that their farms might end up on the front line of the future conflict. and we can now speak with dw, spell on the font. yahoo file that reports. she joins us from rico. funny armenia says there's no alternative but to return land to azerbaijan, y of armenia. or, i mean, he is prime in his style made very clear of and visiting these villages that they have been to northern, i mean, you know, and publish problems that basically if those enclaves uninhabited and claims that she was claiming the kilometers i'm not tended over. well then the is the race that is going to be another movie. those are by john while they try. but also by johnny saying that this is, this has to be the precondition for any long term peace between the 2 countries. so basically there's no way to talk to each other in that sense, politically, if that transformation, if the transfer plan is not taking place. but i think we really need to take a look at the story also on

a much broader level and take into consideration that since ross has been waging rule in ukraine and become really has become really busy in ukraine. that really leaves some sort of a void. and a self caucus is if you look at ami, a very small country about the size of belgium people, they are really disappointed because they are part of a rush, your lead security alliance of c, a. steel, which in some way, is similar to the ne, to but many armenians feel that down by russia. if you look at the current politics, what's happening and what's happened, and they've gone a car, a boss that's on the, as a, by john's control right now. because russia, that's what i mean, say russia didn't stand by those ethnic. i mean the and students help to protect them. so that leaves armenia in a very difficult position because from the government perspective, at least they know, need to deliver to as a, by john, knowing that russia will not help them in the nearby future. so that leaves them in the situation that they need to handle with that land in order to avoid peace. but

the question is whether they will be able to avoid another war. now, the political geography of the region funding is huge. lee complex with a peace agreement with us or by john guarantee peace for our menial. or if you speak to ordinary citizens, they will tell you, in fact, this is a sign of weakness handing overland. because that means or gives the message to a neighboring as a by john, that army is unable to defend that land. so on that perspective it's, it's really seeking us something that shouldn't happen because there is to worry the other by john may be bought for more land and asking for more. now if we look at the very situation, and we've just been speaking about what's happening to the know what the in georgia are being of cross roads, the same is happening. and i mean, in the sense that these are all full of a soviet states. so there's a loan going towards protection by the west,

by west those states. while at the same time these countries are still very much on the rushes influence. and this is what's being uh, putting out right now in army as well, why people are seeing, they've been expecting protection to russia, but the government, this thing, if that starts happening while there is no other choice. and actually what they say is, vote diversifying is for and policies by that's wording. obviously working very tight role because they do not want to add a twice you and everything is really in motion since that was in ukraine or rather rushes full scale invasion off of a few brain a 2 years ago. that means that those jill political interest me in the soft cock is, is alyssa in motion and that puts armenia into a very difficult place. funny, thank you very much for your reporting and analysis. that was our corresponded. funny thought char enrica flooding has devastated parts of southern russia. russia that cause it's done in recent weeks

and tens of thousands of people have been displaced there. but as water levels are falling, scientists say a different crisis may surface and it could be toxic. the flood waters are receding, like while the one crisis ebbing people here might still be in deep water or russian independent media and environmental. this say, old uranium mines have been flooded, leaking radioactive material. alexa schwartz is a physicist ecologist, i know position activist while he 1st reported on the issue years ago. i mean, it was in my of radio new find some answer the total river and see the about was all uranium has entered the river to to be when the alpha particles to k by the, and get on the skin or inside the body. then they cause cancer and he's month old use be right around the total river is the water supply for kindergarten going to school and human and many other city is nearby. who me that the know you're going

to the to visit. you couple russian nuclear energy authorities at russet tom called the reports deliberate to miss information. on april 23rd state media published the response that quoted saying the facilities uranium deposits are located as high a ground and away from the water. the floods has not affected them. there was no threat to flooding, and the situation is being monitored with activist say that's only half the truth, each studies crush them. it's appropriate minds that are leaking our old minds. they are uranium testing binds from the 1980s, and it's within that same deposit and we just put these minds were drilled in the eighty's. and we spent a few years ago, rose that tom started drilling nearby. and those mines that are at higher ground. do you think that's true to die? the provident got to be somebody's to card and we walked through the old mines on a dry day and there was water drip bank where your water is radioactive. definitely what i'm used to rows that tell him lying. they lied about your noble when you and

they're still lying about uranium mining at them should give it out. sure. nobody will dish up for that. we should on scientist fair a large number of people will be exposed to radiation and it could make them ill. for now, the region is baffling, the direct consequences of the flooding, but soon they might have to deal with what's below the surface. as you're watching dw news from berlin, just reminded our top stories is our israel has reopened. the air is border crossing into northern gaza, which had been closed. and so, since how mazda is october, 7th, tax aid agencies have been calling for the crossing to open for months to supply food and medicine to hundreds of thousands of civilians at risk of famine in guns and george's capital. as seen another night at bottom protests demonstrators into police in class with police after lawmakers took another step towards bringing forward their so called for an agents built. critics say good the real joy,

just folks of joining the in you i'm terry martin for me and all of us here at dw, thanks for watching. the someone has to do it. alexander is the only radiologist and has shown all of his colleagues have left to see is the contested ukrainian region, but he stayed working into clinics every day. he tries to save his patient, focus on europe next on d. w called into the conflict. so phase riley, mrs. killing 7 for an age where it is in gaza strip in hopes that the humanitarian

situation, my e. i'm a desperately needed food, can begin to reach the hundreds of thousands of risk of funding for how realistic of those hopes, i guess there's yeah. mega and hadn't been the wage and refugee council for decades of experience and the humanitarian steel conflict. in 16 minutes by phone d w, the cassandra re determined that has was operating like a global drug course. the objective to financially drain has gone up and bring them down. the team agents from the american drug enforcement agency they had criminalized themselves. we needed to reveal that so world. why did the us government suddenly shut down project cassandra in 2016?

03 pod documentary series, and most king has paula dots may 4th on d w. the . this is focus on europe. i'm lara baba lola, welcome. russia's invasion is testing the limits of ukraine's army. hooton's forces have been making games, rushes, military release. these pictures allegedly showing their advancement as the strength and their position on the front lines. ukrainian soldiers have had to retreat. they are counting on.