Syria has accused the Us Led Coalition of war crimes, after it carried out airstrikes on forces fighting for the Syrian Government killing around 100 fighters. The confrontation was the deadliest between the two so far. The bombardment happened in syrias eastern dair thor province. Heres how the pentagon explains it the Us Led Coalition acted in self defence after a base where us advisers were stationed came under attack. Heres the pentagon chief spokesperson. We have the right to defend ourselves and we have seen a build up for over a week, which was unprovoked. We are comfortable and the secretary is comfortable with the secretary is comfortable with thejudgment of the secretary is comfortable with the judgment of our commanders on the judgment of our commanders on the ground. Heres what syria says this is a brutal massacre, american aggression which amounts to a war crime. Lets show you why dair uzhor matters so much. 0ur map shows the parts of syria held by the government, and then
And tributes to Hugh Masekela, father of South African jazz and anti apartheid campaigner, whos died in johannesburg. Good morning, its tuesday 24th january. Im annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc newsroom live. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is understood to be pushing for a multimillion pound cash injection in the nhs in england. It comes as the Health Secretary is due to update the cabinet on how the Health Service is coping with winter pressures. Its thought mrjohnson wants an extra £100 million a week to go to the nhs. Its not the first time hes proposed more money. Remember this . He proudly stood behind the vote leave battle bus during the Eu Referendum claiming that £350 million britain pays to the eu every week could instead go to the nhs. The chancellor, Philip Hammond, said he gave the nhs £6 billion in the last budget, and when asked about mrjohnsons rumoured proposals, told reporters, mrjohnson is the foreign secretary. Well, lets get more from norman smith, who is out
Left please make sure the sound, speaker cards and copies of any documents shall be committed to the clerk. Items acted upon will be on the january 30, 2018 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Supervisor ronen please call item number 1. Excuse me. Agenda item number 1 hearing to temperature the issuance of a Liquor License to the gum hua lee business located at 915 stockson street will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county. Supervisor ronen thank you so much. Im officer patrick mack from the San Francisco Police Department and you have a pcm report for gum hua lee and they have allied for a license and this would allow them to sell beer, wine. There are zero letters of protest. Zero letters of support. They are located in plot 148 considered a high crime area. They are in census track 113 which is a high saturation area. And Central Station has no opposition and alu approves with no recommended conditions. Supervisor ronen any questions, supe
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