Us were campuses are bracing for another night of violence. This hour. It comes after tensions at ucla when Counter Protesters attacked a camp set up by pro palestinian demonstrators. The governor of california has condemned the Police Response to clashes at ucla on tuesday, calling it delayed and unacceptable. Emma vardy reports from los angeles. This was the moment tensions between rival protesters boiled over. Pro palestinian activists and a counterdemonstration by pro israel supporters became violent. Fireworks were thrown over a screaming crowd, and wood used as weapons. We had people beating us with sticks, throwing whatever they could to us. Im kind of annoyed at myself for not seeing it coming, but i didnt think it would ever get to this, escalate to this level. The Los Angeles Police were called by The University. The Vice Chancellor has condemned last nights events as a horrific act of violence. Eventually, officers separated the rival groups. Im a ucla student. We pay tuitio
Joining us on sportsday. Were going to start in germany where Borussia Dortmund have beaten Paris Saint Germain 1 0 in the first leg of their Uefa Champions League semi final. While the spotlight was on psgs expensively assembled squad of superstars including Kylian Mbappe. It was Manchester United outcast jadon sancho who was the shining light of this dortmund performance. He completed 12 dribbles, the most by a player in a Champions League semi final since. Lionel messi back in 2008. Advantage dormund but psg will rue the chances they missed as Conor Mcnamara reports. Dortmund stryker in the first have decided this first leg by perrys century mama look back on the tip of the game and they would not believe the chances they missed. A former Dortmund Player had two edged opportunities and what of them saved and when he put off target in Kylian Mbappe was looking to lead psg on the high was relatively quiet that the game but he did it the right post any team we had left posed in both of
Us, the floor below. Just tell me, does it matter to you when you are writing what is going on in the world outside Yourfront Door . Does it affect your writing . Well, it depends on what you mean. If theres a fire engine screeching in front of my door, it will interrupt my concentration and i might go out and see whats going on. But if theres a distant war going on in another place and i know about it, im not going to read about it while im doing my work for the day, but i certainly will inform myself about it later. You talk of distant wars, im thinking of wars much closer to home. You write a lot about your take on american politics. Youve talked about your feelings through the course of four years of donald trump. Youve talked about a country at war with itself, so the war isnt so very far away. Yes. The war that were engaged in here, fortunately, has not become, yet, a fighting war with guns to a large degree. But we are divided in ways that i have never seen before, and ive been
The un has warned that more than 70 of the population faces catastrophic levels of hunger. Israels opening of the Erez Crossing follows sustained international pressure. The move has long been called for by aid agencies. The us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken met the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu injerusalem and urged him to ensure that more humanitarian aid gets in to gaza. Mr blinken also called on hamas to accept the terms of a Ceasefire Deal that would see a pause in fighting and the release of israeli hostages. Our special correspondent fergal keane reports from the Erez Crossing. A gate towards the war. Where israels army today showcased how it planned to boost aid reaching gaza. This is the Erez Crossing in the north of the gaza strip, with gaza devastated on the other side. The plan is to get 500 trucks a day into gaza from here. The un wants many more to avert what it calls a man made famine. The optics, designed to convey an israel listening to america and other