West coast killing 24. 00 and forcing more than 10 percent of oregons residents to flee their homes. And install the u. S. A 1st time finalist upload current and i was on this very of applying for sports in their 1st major final. Welcome to the news hour the gulf state of bahrain has joined the United Arab Emirates in agreeing to normalize ties with israel u. S. President donald trump announced the deal on twitter after speaking with king hamad bin isa and the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the 3 nations of hailed the move as an historic breakthrough to furthering peace in the middle east officials from bahrain the u. A. E. And israel will formalize their relationship during a signing ceremony at the white house next week. There had been 2 Peace Agreements with israel in the last 72 years this is the 2nd Peace Agreement that weve announced in the last month and i am very hopeful that there will be more to follow i can tell you theres tremendous enthusiasm on behalf of other
A u. K. Court declares venezuelas Opposition Leader one quite 0 as the interim president in a dispute over the goal. We begin in ethiopia where tensions remain high days after a popular singer and activist was killed by unnamed gunman a child who who was has been buried in his hometown was an icon for his countrys biggest ethnic group the aroma is modest but days of protests more than 80 people were killed in the violence now today reports now from nairobi. The funeral for thier pin singer john lewis was held in his native town as under arrest over his death spread from the region where he was seen as a hero. The crowds of almost one not as big as and dissipated many say they had been turned away by police and easy the funeral procession could turn into another protest. But the single was that in. The couple of the suburb on monday the motive for his killing remains unclear the musician and activist boarded those partitions of ethiopia slug just at the new group the omar his songs focu
Chapter of jewish voice for peace. Two of the cosponsors of evenings program. Id like to first thank and honor our events primary sponsor, rights watch. As im sure many of you may know of Nathan Thrall appearances have been canceled recently. And the fact that we are here at all this evening is due the principles and quite the courage of rw and our good friends here at temple. Please, lets show some appreciation to those who made this evening possible. Were gathering together this evening. As we all know as a horrific tragedy continues to unfold in gaza and israel. Im tempted to say that when program was first scheduled, none of us could imagined the terrible circumstances in which we now find ourselves. But im not so sure thats completely true. Palestinians, their allies and numerous human organizations, including Human Rights Watch have long been sounding the alarm that israel has been subjecting palestinians for decades to a Apartheid Regime of occupation over and over, been warned
The most important thing for this hour. Six people died and 14 others were injured when an enemy rocket hit the postal terminal in the kharkiv district. The numbers may not be final, because the rescue operation is still ongoing, 300 km of the terminal, as well as trucks and trailers, are on fire. The military Administration Reports that it was previously an s300 hit. In administration Postal Company said that their employees did not have time to run to shelter because the siren sounded moments before the impact. Let me remind you that the russians attacked kharkiv around 10 pm on saturday. Those people who died, who were injured, are all employees of this enterprise, they were located directly in the middle of the terminal during the impact. Currently, the units of the state Emergency Service are working, there is an emergency ambulance on site, as they are still eliminating the consequences of such an attack, and in fact, these data may still be incomplete, regarding the dead and reg
Welcome. My name is brant rosen. Im the rabbi esthetic chicago and a member of the chicago chapter of jewish voice for peace. Two of the cosponsors of evenings program. Id like to first thank and honor our events primary sponsor, rights watch. As im sure many of you may know of Nathan Thrall appearances have been canceled recently. And the fact that we are here at all this evening is due the principles and quite the courage of rw and our good friends here at temple. Please, lets show some appreciation to those who made this evening possible. Were gathering together this evening. As we all know as a horrific tragedy continues to unfold in gaza and israel. Im tempted to say that when program was first scheduled, none of us could imagined the terrible circumstances in which we now find ourselves. But im not so sure thats completely true. Palestinians, their allies and numerous human organizations, including Human Rights Watch have long been sounding the alarm that israel has been subjecti