Elite force being sent on worldwide peacekeeping missions. The money keeps mckinnon. Good, happy with us. Spain no way and the islands have said they will recognize Palestinian Statehood. Many western countries have resisted recognizing an independent palestinian state. He is, but his rails will again come off to the october. The 7th terror attack has put renewed focus on the issue. Israels foreign minister denounced the decision as a threats to the nation. The sovereignty and security spied off from israel by fences and barriers. The palestinian territories will be formally recognized as a state by 3 more European Countries, spain, ireland, and no way choosing to support the palestinian pushed the silver and t a steep facing towards piece the price of the time has come to move from words to actions me you want me to tell the millions of innocent, suffering palestinians that we are with them. Yeah, you said there is hope. And to make it very clear, no matter how many walls or elected photo, which is a matter how many villages are bombed. And no matter how many an illegal settlements are built, the land and identity of palestine will continue to exist in our hearts in north an international legality. And in the future project of a mediterranean in harmony. Previously 139 of 193, you in countries recognized the state of palestine, the lights of signet trees calling on others to do the same reason and admits. Therefore, with tens of thousands of dead an injured we must keep alive. The only things that can provide to save home for both is right. You leave them tell us. Then it will show those days that can live in peace with each other. Israel and palestine. Israels government has hit back claiming the move rewarded terrorism about severe consequences and has recalled its invested as from island spain and norway. President asked me to boss the leader of the palestinian authority. Welcome to the recognition and quote on other nations, to quote, support the struggle of our people for liberation and independence of the your aspect to dw correspondence, rebecca versus in jerusalem and jack power in brussels. I spelt it by all asking jack what this recognition means or . Well, it is a political statement and this was a very symbolic one. Obviously the spanish Prime Minister, padre son, says when he and i was maybe a management imagery, the idea today he said that the recognition says to tell the palestinians, we are with you, simon harris, the leader in island. He said that the recognition of the public is a recognition of the Palestinian People to the right to self determination. It is a really significant move for the 3 countries. It is symbolic, then not necessarily the biggest diplomatic powers of europe, but they have been making a, theyve been saying that they going to do this for some time. All of them it will come into force. This recognition on may the 28th that what other countries belgium was perhaps going to be expected to do this alongside them. We do know that there are moves here in belgium to make a similar in iceland, and indeed potentially in fronds as well. Nice, well whatever it is symbolic, it is also significant because our countries have said that they will only be involved in the sort of policing of the reconstruction of a post will gaza. Is western nations recognize a state impala. So i started so the more countries that do that, the more support that would be from those are of nations to fund professionally a postwar palestinian state. Okay. And looking at reactions from israel, rebecca, israel has now recalled its on the box. It is to the 3 countries. What else is israel doing and saying, as well, this announcement has drawn fury from israel, probably on surprisingly, to most view is a israel completely opposes the decision that has been announced this joint decision by spain island, a new way. Benjamin netanyahu has long said that establishing a palestinian state would be an existential danger to israel, the and, and be standing against it. Certainly since the war. And that began on october 7. As you mentioned, the ambassadors to those 3 countries has been recalled. And now looking at further measures, the finance minister a bit slow smoke which has cooled full for the punitive measures and said that he will be withholding tax of israel collects and then gets to the palestinians. Caps collects for the palestinian authority. Human hands are they . Hell be withholding those taxes and theyll be looking at so the punitive measures. Now in response to this, the foreign minister this morning said that it sends a message to palestinians and to the world that terrorism pays. He also said that it will hom efforts to retrieve the remaining hostages inside kansas, a very strong reaction from israel on the palestinian side. Weve seen a much more positive response. Obviously, the palestinian authority, who has always been fighting for 2 state solution have reacted positively and have mouse has also come out to say that they think this is a step in the right direction. Okay, and all of this is happening just a couple of days off to the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal course, of course announced that hes thinking of arrest warrants. So these really Prime Minister and full, the is ready defense minister. So is all of this pressure, rebecca . Having any effect on Benjamin Netanyahu as well . I mean, theres no doubt the pressure is mounting on the Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu, and the as ready to government, an israel on the international stage. Is that some, no doubt about that this week, particularly the pressure has been bouncing and we all seeing that its having an effect on the government on representatives here on Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu. Himself. We can see that in the way that everyone is responding both to the i see seniors on monday and todays decision pretty much across the board. So, you know, a bipartisan responses to these announcements, particularly of course the i, c, c. That was, you know, everyone on both sides of government were saying that that was an outrage. So pressure, definitely mounting. But when we look at how much that might have fixed Benjamin Netanyahu, whos, you know, decision of the way that hes planning this will going forward. I think we werent see much change. We werent see it or fact he is really fighting for his political survival. And that really means also continuing this war and gone. So that is something that hes been saying, but his government adamant that theyre going to do that theyre going to continue with this rafa offensive, that they are determined to dismantle her mouse and retrieve the hostages. And that nothing will stop them. So he doesnt want to face the day often because that is when he said that they will investigate and look at the wrong doings and lit up to october 7th. And he knows that that will be very difficult situation for him. All right, jeff, i just wanted to ask you what about other European Countries . I mean, will any more now potentially recognize Palestinian Statehood . It is likely that they probably will potentially belgium potentially fraud is whats really interesting about this. While it shows the ever deepening risk between israel on some of its traditional western allies. It also also shows the divisions among some e u. Member states have your opinions position as a has always and long has been to work with 2 state solution. Many of the use countries feel that the, the recognition of a palestinian state is the end of the negotiations. Of that is uh, that goal of making a 2 state solution. What were seeing now is some countries, i mean island, a no way on spain, obviously saying that for them, this is the starting point. 9 countries like germany, for instance, wouldnt allow that to, to go so, so now were seeing some of those divisions really start to play out in your it got power in brussels and rebecca versus in jerusalem. Thank you. Bye so much. And some will on germanys position on Palestinian Statehood. We come across now to dw as chief political editor, and michelle isla cause not me to eli. Is there any chance that germany would also consider recognizing a palestinian state . The overall . Yes, thats right now. No, thats the very so on. So as im standing here, a head of a press conference of the circled by mont triangle of the farm and this is done many fonts on poland. A german farm policy spokesman today reiterates, is that a separate kind of city and state for means of fund aim of them in Foreign Policy . Fox, as part of the negotiated process to secure a essentially that both countries, both people is where it is that the palestinians would be able to live peacefully next to each other. So coming to back to whether you understand recognizing Palestinian Statehood at the moment that opens opportunities for that is the end 40 aim germany is rather on the lots of side and even fonts. And we expect friends and pharmacies on need to speak on this here today. We certainly will be asking him about it is reluctant at this very moment in time to brand, not very safe. So despite having been more open to with it in the past. Clearly, germany has as a fundamental policy principle to stand by israel side for so suddenly the german side, recognizing policy and it states that simply not on the costs right now. The w as chief political editor, michelle a lot, chris and i mentioned it, i think shes a huge crowds in a role and have attended funeral events. So the late president abraham racy, he was killed along with the runs for administer and several others in a Helicopter Crash on sunday. Iranian state media said the crash was the result of a technical failure. The army says its launched an investigation of the state funeral heavy with symbolism. The black turban, top of president taper. He, maurice, hes coughing the marking him as a descent into the prophet mohammed is and the richest bearer of power. The millions of mourners reportedly turned out, not all of them by choice, with some t, ron residents saying they received phone messages, urging them to join the funeral procession. Too many iranians pricing will be remembered as the butcher of tehran, a member of the so called death panel, which sent thousands of Political Prisoners to their death decades ago. And more recently had the leader who oversaw the brutal repression of women and a Freedom Movement that swept the country. Its the fact that he was associated with the loss of crackdowns with uh, with um, you know, execution of the original positions of the eightys when he was the public, prosecute that in the wrong. And the fact that he was very close to the supreme need. I really that didnt help his case, so i dont think there is a widespread sense of grief. The funeral also provided a glimpse of the smile honey, widely regarded as the highest official and hum us the Palestinian Militant Group that iran has funded and armed during its war with israel. Both of our experts say runs influence in the region will not be affected by the death of its president. I very much doubt that youre in university. Weve changed course, given the advanced level of its next era program, which its, it sees as a bargaining kind of chip in, in negotiations with the west, with the reform is completely out of the system. There was him, by definition has shifted to the to the a kind of right man, no labor, him or i, you see was widely seen as a potential successor to we run supreme leader. I told him in a no, no, no, no matter who succeeds and it seems unlikely theyll change the course of the nation, lead by religious hard liners. Lets take a quick look now, some of the other headlines that making use around the world and at least one person has been killed off for a powerful tornado hit a small town in the us space of iowa vehicles have been smashed and buildings destroyed. And several locations. Tornado warnings have been issued for a number of states in the midwest. Germany is full, right, political policy. The alternative for germany or a f d says designing its lead candidates from appearing at the election campaign, events like 1000000 cars being facing an investigation into suspected links with russia and china. The policies decision follows his comments, but not a members of the notorious, not c. S. S. Falls with criminals. Now off to the European Union agreed to use income from frozen russian assets to help fund ukraines war effort. Brochure appears to be hitting back. A course in st. Petersburg has now ordered the seizure of the assets and accounts of germanys Deutscher Bank and come out spunk. Is part of the lawsuit filed by a subsidiary of the state controlled russian gas producer gas from yet another headache for western financial institutions. In russia. The banks have to run through the finances of a gas terminal project into politics. But in the wake of preston sanctions, they reduce part and the construction was canceled. The court case came at the request of a subsidy of russian gas drive to augusta, which is now claiming nearly 240000000. 00 euros from Deutscher Bank and almost much 5000000. 00 euros from commerce. And now i see your opinion consider is or has actually no grades to use the profits from the present russian assets to own ukraine. Its increasingly likely that the russian state will take action against the western assets in russia. And so its entirely possible the timing of this decision on the course seems awfully suspicious. Coming as it does just as you can units made the decision. The, you know, statement darcia bunk said we will need to see how this claim is implemented by the russian courts and assess the immediate Operational Impact in russia. The legal showdown comes, i met a heated debates all with the presence and activities of some Western Banks in russia, despite the sanctions over russias ongoing war against ukraine. There are these european banks that are earning billions of dollars in the midst of this and then paying hundreds of millions of dollars of taxes to the russian government, bestest, highly immoral, totally inappropriate. It goes against the g, u, a g, a Strategic Security interest of europe. It goes against morality. And its gotta stop. Many firms have pulled out of russia entirely. But for the ones that stayed, the pressure is growing, not just from the west to rush, right . So now dw, kind of revealed it offices from bangladesh as a leads Counter Terrorism for implicated in tortures and killings on now being sent on you and peacekeeping missions, the findings follow an investigation together with sweden based and that for news and with germanys the types of sites on the offices are among 65000. 00 peacekeepers, deployed world wide to stabilize countries and crisis and support with civilians when the states fail and it seems the un is unable to stop it. As all Dw Investigative Team now reports, the soldiers were deployed as un peacekeepers even after they served in the unit the kills and tortures. They were high ranking officers of bangladesh as a lead unit, rapid action battalion. And in particular its notorious intelligence swing. In 2023 we revealed was the government continues to deny the rod murders of ducts and tortures alleged criminals and political opponents. Un peacekeeping missions cannot have, in amongst them offices who may have been responsible for these kind of very serious abuses that defeats the purpose of peacekeeping. For months, we looked into banquet as one of the largest contributors to you were emissions, and found that the 2 officers were not a unique case. We analyzed classified military personnel files and secret un deployment lists and found more than 100. 00 soldiers who went from ride to peacekeeping. Some of them admitted to extrajudicial killings during their time at rob duty on the day of the execution. The talk is taken out with his hands tied and blindfolded, although it was tight after the blood heat, hes got some blood and brain fragment, especially on my uniform. And yet the officers were deployed on un missions. Afterwards. We went to copenhagen to meet a man who in 2019 raised the alarm densmart deck served us when i bought her for the u. Ns committee against torture, and the report on bangladesh stated it was gravely concerned about robs abuses. The recommendation was that the former and current members of wrap should not be allowed to as to do a service in peacekeeping operations. But we found at least 40 rob numbers who were deployed to p submissions after the report was published. Confronted with our findings, Un Peacekeeping in new york road, we do not have the resources to review the information of all personnel deployed and the vast majority of troops perform well. Please do this form, are you an official told us that the organization has barely any power over which officers, countries select as peacekeepers, itd be an option. Do you think that until 2019 Andrew Gilmore was the one assistant secretary general for human rights and experienced firsthand what happens when the un pushes countries to exclude possible human rights abusers . One country that was really important literally said okay, were going to pull out all together. The us 2nd general at that time had to go basically to that country. And since i apologize for that as they otherwise, like for you, every single ration is would have collab phone if you wouldnt tell us which country but said that the you one is stuck in a dilemma the you and the reason faced with dangerous and double emissions western governments increasingly pulled their troops out of peacekeeping operations. Instead, they prefer to pay for them, leading the supplying of troops to countries like vanquished packaged on egypt and china. Many of which are known to have abuse of security forces. We get some really pretty useless troops as a pretty brutal ones as well. But if youre spending the you and youve got ashen, say that we also confronted bangladesh as government, and every individual officer mentioned in this report, they didnt respond with me in the studio is naomi conrad from dw investigation. Shes one of the office of that report. Welcome naomi, and so your report focused on the records of you and a piece kate keepers from bangladesh, but all that documented cases from other countries. So we actually also looked at sri lanka. I mean, if you look at the list of, of peacekeeping countries, the top provide is egypt and china pockets done so take, youll pick, im sure there are quite a few cases in most of these countries, but we looked at 3 land confines at least one case where activists have had won the you and about a specific officer who had been implicated in the atrocities committed in the, at the end of the civil war in 2009. And he was sent despite these warnings. So its definitely going on. I think if you dig in, in, took some of the records of some of these other human of, of some of these other peacekeepers quite likely to buy another cases too. So the obvious question is, i mean, why is the u. N. Using known human rights abuses as part of its, its peacekeeping forces. Well, the guns hands are tied because they need, they need troops to maintain these peacekeeping operations. A lot of governments of pulled out of peacekeeping operations. I mean, these missions the dangerous that awful, quite deadly. Its very difficult to convince voters in tomorrow because the spike home that youre sending soldiers and they get returned to you in 40 bucks. So it to it. And to an extent, you and this stuck in this dilemma, and there isnt really an easy way out. Okay. And what is being done to address this problem . So obviously these issues on now being highlighted. So whats happening is anything happening to change it that has been cases with the un human rights. Bronx has teamed up with human rights commissions and activists must have to play the case. This happens in the pool. So they all examples. But the problem is that a lot of countries dont actually want not like, dont want external bodies or even the in human rights organizations to look into the cost of these. So just because at least in the, in the case of bangladesh, one could argue that high ranking members of the government are ordering, or at least the last thing these abuses happened. So they didnt really want to much scrutiny. Okay. Have to leave it then we can go from dw investigations. Thanks so much amy. And if you want to watch the whole Dw Documentary uh on this, just go to our website dw, dot com, or look for our documentary channel on youtube. Now the bulk of single airlines is offered to his quote, deepest apologies officer, a man died and thousands were injured on a flight that was hits by severe turbulence. Flight dates is just the plain. It was a boeing 777, dropped almost 2000 meters and just a few minutes on its way from london single pool. The debt is forced to make an Emergency Landing in bangkok where adult to say 20 people remain in intensive cap. Injured passengers are carried off the Singapore Airlines flight by medical staff in bangkok airport where they receive immediate treatment and some are taken to hospital passengers have spoken out about the horror when the plane suddenly plunged. It was a long way so sudden theres no one, it gets old and i ended up picking my head on the ceiling. 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I loved ones of the since we are very sorry for the tomato experience, the everyone on board as q. 321 went through as the investigation continues. Several of the passengers who felt well enough to continue their journey board at another plane bound for singapore. The german olsa jenny at back and translate to him. Michael hoffman have won the International Book a prize for the novel cairos. The book follows a love affair between a 19 year old student and an older married mine in east berlin. In the 1980s now opened back who was born and raised in east berlin. As the 1st 2, im going to try to to win the International Book of price. The prestigious award recognizes books from around the world that have been translated into english. So we go, heres a quick look at our top story today. The 3 European Countries say that they will recognize a palestinian state despite israels opposition. The leaders of spain island and norway made the announcement on wednesday. 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