Of us can often feel powerless to affect change in the world around us but we would like to share a christmas tell with you one that even involves an angel who shows us how determination and commitment can change the lives of many for the better. When harry bruce anon emigrated to europe she never forgot the children growing up in the slums and her native golla ten years ago she brought some of them over to ukraine among them were actually abraham and james brown. Her plan would provide a way of investing not only in these children but also in her country despite her modest income as a restroom attendant in germany she saved every penny she could and with the help of donations and sponsorships many of these children are now studying at university in ukraines capital kiev. This is james brown today a twenty seven year old student of agriculture in kiev. He and the other former Street Children from ghana got an opportunity to go to university and theyre using it they can thank area bruce
And commitment can change the lives of many for the better when harry anon emigrated to europe she never forgot the children growing up in the slums in her native gullah ten years ago she brought some of them over to ukraine among them were actually abraham and shames brown. Her plan would provide a way of investing not only in these children but also in her country despite her modest income as a restroom attendant in germany she saved every penny she could and with the help of donations and sponsorships many of these children are now studying at university in ukraines capital kiev. This is james brown today a twenty seven year old student of agriculture in kiev. He and the other former Street Children from ghana got an opportunity to go to university and theyre using it they can thank area bruce ana and she got them except at universities and. Theyre studying medicine law Computer Science and Business Administration why ukraine because harriet explains like ghana its a country strivin
The world. Im ali velshi, and this is real money. Scenes of death and destruction rocking our world tonight in both Eastern Europe and the middle east. Im going to bring you details about an plane crash that left no survivors. But first the latest on the conflict in gaza. In just the last few hours, israel began a ground offensive against gaza sending troops in, it says to destroy weapons and tunnels used by hamas militants. Witnesses reported heavy shelling by israel along the gaza border. Israelis military says the operation is supported by naval and air support. The goal is to target hamas infrastructure. The Israeli Army Says a group of gunmen tried to enter southern israel this morning. Israeli and Palestinian Militants have been fighting a crossborder war that has claimed the lives of at least 246 palestinians and one israeli. Nick schifrin is in gaza and joins us live. Nick what is the latest . Hi, good evening, ali. What were seeing is a lot of action behind me. You can see ove
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Troops inside gaza. Israels Prime Minister threatening significant expansion of the military offensive. Were live in the rapidly escalating strike zone. Good morning and welcome to alJazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. There have been Significant Developments overnight on both major stories. That Airlines Disaster in ukraine and israels Ground Invasion of gaza. We have reporters stationed around the world with the very latest. In ukraine, rescue workers are pouring over the crash site of flight 17. U. S. Officials say the jet was shot down, killing all 298 onboard. Russian accept claim they have recovered recording devices from that plane. Meanwhile in israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his nation could widen its ground offensive in gaza. Overnight, 19 palestinian were killed along with an israeli soldier. Nick schiffron is live in gaza. What is the very latest there . Good morning. This is the first ground offense of israel into gaza in more than five years a