and flavour of the year. indie rock band the last dinner party are named the bbc s sound of 202a. hello, i m ben thompson, welcome to the programme. his brother has repeated its warning of a fierce response to the killing of a fierce response to the killing of a fierce response to the killing of a hamas leader. saleh al arouri in beirut on tuesday. it comes as lebanon lodged a complaint with the un about the attack. tensions are still high in his hometown in the occupied west bank, following the killing, as shaimaa khalil reports. the town of al arura in the west bank, saleh al arouri s hometown, is in a state of mourning. but there is also deep fury and rage at his killing. protesters have come out after the friday prayer s protesting, chanting his name, chanting for continuation of resistance, and condemning the war. saleh al arouri s killing may have taken a significant name off israel s and the us s most wanted list. he is a man that they have accused of being responsible
Point out we still need prosecutors to connect donald trump to the actual actions that are taking place here. Donald trump did not say set up this llc. Its important to remember that Michael Cohens testimony has to be supported at some point to where did donald trump instruct you to do this specifically. Its time for us to hand it over. Thank you all for being with us. We appreciate all of you. Thats going to do it for us this hour. Andrea mitchell and katy tur will pick things up after a quick break. Ill see you back at 1 00 eastern time. Keep it here. Lots going on. Good day, everyone. The star witness takes the stand. Now the critical figure in the hush money case. Michael cohen, once Donald Trumps loyal attack dog, is now facetoface with his former boss for the first time in months. Cohen is the lynch pin of the prosecutions case. They argue cohen acted at trumps direction in an attempt to illegally influence the 2016 election. The defenses counter, once a liar, always a liar. Pain
least, dasha burns, as always, thank you. that does it for us this hour. our coverage continues right now with katy tur reports. good to be with you. i m katy tur. they were warned. more than a year before october 7th israeli officials were repeatedly told that hamas was planning something big, and those officials repeatedly brushed it off, according to documents reviewed by the new york times. the approximately 40-page document, which the israeli authorities code named jericho wall outlined point by point exactly the kind of devastating invasion that led to the deaths of about 1,200 people. again, according to the times. a blueprint of an invasion, which hamas ultimately followed with, quote, shocking precision. nbc news has not seen the document, but we do have one of the new york times reporters who did joining us in just a moment. the idf has responded to the report saying, quote, questions of this kind will be looked into at a later stage. we also have reporting
On some of the worlds most notorious strongmen. And one of them is today a guest at the white house. President erdogan of turkey, who is not altogether happy the us is arming syrian kurds. And, news that ford might soon be shedding 200,000 jobs . Well tell you why the car company may be hitting a speed bump. Hello, i am katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. And we are both confused. Are reports that donald trump gave classified intelligence to russian officials a storm in a tea cup or a major breach of Us National Security . The Administration Says its the former. Critics say this marks a serious violation of an allys confidence. The white house is not denying the information concerning Islamic State was given to russia, itjust says it was no big deal in fact, wholly appropriate is how the National Security advisor described it a short time ago. Hr mcmaster said a report in the Washington Post accusing the president of giving away intelligence was not accurate. I stan
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