The criteria for membership. Of the 15 council members, 12 voted yes while britain and switzerland abstained. We agree that the people of the West Bank And Gaza must be given the political perspective of a credible route to a Palestinian State and a new future. And it needs to be irreversible. This is not entirely in our gift but our recognition of a Palestinian State should be part of it. We believe that such recognition of Palestinian Statehood should not come at the start of a new process. But it doesnt have to be at the very end of the process. The palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas condemned the us veto as unfair, unethical, and unjustified, saying in a statement that it challenged the will of the international community, which strongly supports palestine s full membership. The push to recognise its statehood comes after more than six months of war in gaza, while israel continues expanding settlements in the occupied west bank. Thats a move widely considered a violation of intern
State television in iran reported explosions near an army base and an airport in the central city of isfahan, activating local air defence systems. Blasts have also been reported in the countrys north west. Video online shows Iranian Defence missiles being fired into the air. Commercial flights were initially diverted around iranian airspace, but iranian media say all restrictions have now been lifted. Irans state broadcaster irib downplayed reports of an attack. Lets hear how the news was broken. Translation reliable sources emphasise that all Nuclear Facilities and military centres in isfahan and all parts of the country are completely secure and no incident has occurred at these facilities and centres. Now to reaction among members of the public, many of whom are expressing concern about escalation. Lets hear from some people on the streets of tehran. Translation they attacked our| consulate and iran responded but, in general, war across the globe is not a good thing. Not only for u
Explosions have been reported, not far from a Military Airbase in the province of isfahan and central around according to irans Fars News Agency Defense Systems on the base where activated in response to what may have been a drone attack targeting the basis radar, the city of this hand is believed to be home to around Illicit Nuclear Weapons Program as well as the countrys Biggest Nuclear research facility, which operates three Small Chinese supplied Research Reactors or flights to its for Hand Tehran Entrez have been, have resumed rather are doing suspended for several hours according to a spokesperson for around airports, one us official confirmed to cnn and israeli strike inside around adding the target was not nuclear and israel informed the white house on thursday and attack was just days away. Ready Officials Say air Defense Systems in several regions were activated and the Explosions Heard Isfahan were outgoing fire from those air defenses well, for the very latest, cnns Nic Rob
Confirm the details togetherwithout allies. We have condemned irans reckless and dangerous barrage of missiles against israel on saturday and israel absolutely has the right to self defence but as i said to Prime Minister netanyahu last week, significant escalation is not in any ones interest, we want calm heads to prevail across the region. The International Atomic Energy Agency has confirmed there is no damage to irans nuclearfacilities. In a social media post, the agencys director general, Rafael Mariano grossi, continued to call for extreme restraint from everybody and said Nuclear Facilities should never be a target in military conflicts. Lets speak to our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale whos injerusalem. James, give us a flavour of the reaction that there has been so far to this attack . To this attack . Well, internationally, to this attack . Well, internationally, there has to this attack . Well, internationally, there has been actually a fairly muted response of various
Its actually 2 30 in the afternoon in tehran right now. It is friday, april 19th, 2024. This is fox friends. The reason i mention tehran, if you are just waking up. A fox news alert. Israel has carried out retaliatory strikes against iran overnight inside a providence containing Nuclear Facilities putting the entire region edge. Brian general jack keane joins us in moments to break it down. We are also awaiting comments from the Secretary Of State tony blinken here at Home Cheers Erupting outside a Police Station as protesters are released and this shocking chant. Were hamas. Youre what . Youre hamas. Yes we are all hamas, pig. [bleep] brian show your face. Were all hamas . Former President Trump due back in court. What for as the search continues for alternate jurors who can be impartial. The second hour of fox friends starts right now. Brian fox news alert. A fox news official confirms israel has launched a strike against iran. It happened overnight. So far no comment from tel aviv.