in the battle for ukraine. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and thanks forjoining me. we re at the bbc s headquarters in london, broadcasting house. and here s the statue of the bbc s patron saint, george orwell, complete with cigarette. he used to work here. beside him is his famous quote. if liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. well, i hope we can persuade you to hear this edition of unspun world, anyway. has germany s influence in the world shrunk? germany has been very slow, very reluctant to react when it comes to sanctions against russia. what effect will the shooting of the palestinian journalist shireen abu aqla have on the politics of israel? this has been an extremely violent period. certainly, these are extremely testing times for israel s leaders. and will president biden s lifting of some controls over cuba actually help the people of the island? i think the desire to leave is mor
germany has been very slow, very reluctant to react when it comes to sanctions against russia. what effect will the shooting of the palestinian journalist shireen abu aqla have on the politics of israel? this has been an extremely violent period. certainly this is extremely testing times for israel s leaders. and will president biden s lifting of some controls over cuba actually help the people of the island? i think the desire to leave is more acute than it has been in decades. russia s invasion of ukraine has had all sorts of entirely unintended consequences. in the eu for instance, it s shaken up the traditional partnership between france and germany, and damaged germany s leading role in europe. while the ukrainian government never recovered its faith in germany, the ukrainian army within 48 hours. i asked katya adler, our europe editor who is in brussels for her thoughts on the way the war in ukraine has altered things in europe. we ve been seeing a whole shift in allian
The Palestinian People at large a hope for a Better Future so maybe they wont turn against israel and certainly broadening the conflict is very dangerous. The Israeli Military is not as strong as it should be at this point for various reasons most of them political. Thank you very, very much. Thanks, wolf. Hello everyone. Thank you so much for joining us. Im Fredricka Whitfield in atlanta alongside wolf blitzer in washington. Well get back to you in a moment, wolf. Lets start with our continuing coverage of israel at war. New fighting today inside gaza. Israel Defense Forces say they clashed with hamas fighters marking only the second confirmed israeli operation in the enclave since the beginning of this war. Beyond that skirmish it has been another bloody day across the gaza strip. Israeli air strikes ripping through the enclave with deadly results. The grim reality of this war seen on some of its most vulnerable. Video obtained by cnn showing the lifeless bodies of a toddler and thre
And i will tell you what caused this. Oh no, i wont get ready. Britain here we go. Well, apparently not everyone has the right to live in britain. Next. Very good evening to you. Its just after 9 00. Im sam francis, a look at the headlines this evening. The bodies of this evening. The bodies of three people who were kidnapped by hamas from a Music Festival on october the 7th have been found by the Israeli Military in gaza. The Israeli Defence forces confirmed the three bodies were discovered overnight. Flight discovered overnight. Flight from intelligence, they say, was gained by interviewing interviewing captured hamas fighters. Among the three hostages was 22 year old shani. Look whose twisted remains were photographed on the back of a pickup truck. Israel thinks about 100 hostages may still be alive, while another 30 are thought to be dead. Meanwhile, thought to be dead. Meanwhile, a terrorist who stabbed a stranger to death in an attack motivated by the conflict in gaza will spend
Jeremy bowen has this assessment on how things have changed in that time. Palestinians on the west bank held protests when theyd finished their noon prayer, as they have done so many times in the long years of the israeli occupation. But nothing about this is routine for either side. Almost two weeks into this war and thousands of lives later, the uneasy, unpleasant but mostly predictable rhythm of the conflict has gone. This was an israeli raid on the west bank, the other side of Occupied Palestinian Territory that is separated from gaza by the israeli state. Arrest operations like this happen often, but palestinians said israel used more force than usual. One israeli soldier was killed and the arrests were accompanied by a drone strike. Among the palestinian casualties, 13 were killed, including five boys. At the mortuary, palestinian families said goodbye to the boys, bystanders, the bbc was told, aged from 11 to 15. The pain of loss cuts across palestinians and israelis. In tel avi