Gaza, but from different standpoints. Washington has promised its unwavering backing israel and sent military equipment to support the bombarding of gaza. The eu says it stands in solidarity with israel afterwards calls heinous crimes that killed 1300 people and left more than 3000 injured. There have been Little International pressure to rein in attacks on palestinians. What about other world powers . Do they have a role to play . We will discuss this with our guests in a few moments, but first this report. [explosions] correspondent the world in gaza has polarized world opinion. Strong support for israel in the west but a different picture elsewhere. Geithner has called for restraint, and said injustice to palestinians needs to be addressed, but it is treading a fine line. Beijing has supported the palestinian cause but since establishing diplomat relations in 1992, israel and china have developed close ties particularly in military development technology. The Palestinian Authority p
Topped 2700, including over 1000 palestinian children. Over one million residents of gaza have been displaced. We will talk to omar shakir of Human Rights Watch in the israel i historian raz segal who said israels assault on gaza is a a textbook case of genocide. Were seeing a genocide unfolding today, which is quite exceptional in its character. As a jewish holocaust studies scholar, this is an urgent concern for me. There may be time to stop this unfolding attack, but we need to recognize it for what it is. Amy over the past 10 days, at least 12 journalists, mostly palestinians, have been killed. We will speak to the journalist lama alarian. Her close friend, the reuters journalist Issam Abdallah, was killed in an israeli artillery strike in southern lebanon. Officials from many different Political Parties and many journalist friends of his. He was buried with his press jacket and on his grave was cameras. Amy she joins us from beirut. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democra
Hello, u. S. Forces in afghanistan are investigating what appears to be a mistaken attack which killed at least seven Afghan Soldiers, six others are thought to have been injured, police in the province say u. S. Helicopters attacked afghan Army Checkpoints in the district in the province its an area known for its heavy taliban presence and Jennifer Glasse has the latest update from kabul. That incident in the province happened just a couple hours after dawn Early Morning and Police Authorities tell us that it was american u. S. Helicopters that carried out an attack on two afghan Army Checkpoints, obviously some sort of mistake or a communication area that area is a very heavy fighting area, the taliban have a very big presence there and this is one of the areas the taliban use to transit through and we understand after this attack by u. S. Forces on Afghan Forces mistakenly we presume the americans say they are investigating that right after this happened the taliban launched a groun
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And well meet nigerian children getting a chance to rebuild their lives. Plus. Im lucia newman, in havana, coming up, ill tell you here why politics and religion will mix. Hello, yet more bickering and confusion from eu states about how to handle the refugee crisis. More than 14,000 have entered the croatia. Now sending thousands back not only to hungary but also north to slovenia. Germany their bid for asylum will be assessed. Lawrence lee reports from northern croatia. They are moving in the right direction even though the motivations of the countries theyre are in are far from generous. No mans land between croatia and slovenia, another closed border for this architect and his family. Europe hasnt got a clue what to do with them. They dont know what to do. They dont have a clear plan. Thats what i recognize. The best thing that happened to them was the arrival of volunteers from slovenia and croatia, who offered food to shivering refugees, and food to hungry. They are less than impr